The desk has, after long deliberation, settled on its remit. It picks by lot when the office is undecided; by vote when it is opinionated; by quiet attrition when nobody can be bothered. Each week (whichever day your office calls Friday) the dossier surfaces the next pick, files the rating that follows, and rotates the duty of choosing onward to the next team.

You can run an entire office of six or sixty on it. Each organisation keeps its own roster, its own walking radius, and its own ledger. The desk does not gossip across mastheads.