Professional practice
A public account of uncertainty, evidence, negative results, collaboration, explanation, and ethical limits.
12 questions, 224 quoted from what public figures said elsewhere, each with its source. Every question is asked in FLAPSS wording — nobody answers as anybody else.
What does everyone in your world seem to agree on that you think is wrong?
United States sprinter, 2003–2022
Recorded · The New York Times · 2019
If we have children, we risk pay cuts from our sponsors during pregnancy and afterward. It's one example of a sports industry where the rules are still mostly made for and by men.
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
Recorded · Berkshire Hathaway Inc. · 1994
The strategy we've adopted precludes our following standard diversification dogma.
Mountaineer; first to climb all fourteen eight-thousand-metre peaks
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 2018
I was very well organized in my things. I am an exceptional worker, not only a risk taker. And I was not in competition with anybody. Many people died because they were in competition.
Professional practice
How listening, uncertainty, error, systems, boundaries, and human contact shape good care.
Professional practice
Trade-offs, failure modes, users, maintenance, simplicity, technical debt, and accountable sign-off.
Professional practice
How trained eyes judge quality, precision, tools, safety, apprenticeship, and repairability.