Surgeons, architects, chefs, engineers, judges. Each month we sit down with professionals at the top of their field to ask how they think, decide and keep getting better.
“Skill is what you do when everything goes to plan. Judgment is what you do in the seconds after it doesn’t.”
A paediatric cardiac surgeon on rehearsal, fatigue and why the best teams talk the least in the operating room.
New interviews published every week.
Kenji Morimoto, Founding Partner, Tokyo
Adaeze Nwosu, Senior Counsel, London
Mateo Ríos, Chef-Owner, Lima
Ingrid Solberg, Chief Structural Engineer, Oslo
Dr. Arjun Mehta, Principal Investigator, Bengaluru
Every conversation, organised by profession.
A paediatric cardiac surgeon on rehearsal, fatigue and quiet operating rooms.
Why the most sustainable building is the one nobody wants to tear down.
Preparation, silence and the single question that changes a case.
Running service for 140 covers a night without raising your voice.
How to design for loads you hope will never arrive.
A long-horizon fund manager on saying no ninety-nine times.
Twenty years of designing letters that readers should never notice.
Making forty decisions an hour, and living with the ones you got wrong.
Professional excellence looks different in every city. Explore conversations by region.