How Experts Think When They Don’t Know the Answer | Figure-It-Out-Ology (Part 1) by Dr Angela Lewis

What do you do when you don’t know the answer? We tend to think of expertise as having the answers. But what about knowing what to do when you don’t? In this episode of The Unknown Knowns, Dr Angela Lewis explores what she calls “figure-it-out-ology”: the ability to recognise the limits of what you know and still find a way forward. From intelligence targeting to Hawaiian sea turtles, Angela examines how experts learn to see what others might miss, identify the gaps that actually matter, know where knowledge lives, and adapt when the usual playbook no longer fits. Because sometimes the most valuable skill isn’t knowing the answer – it’s knowing how to figure it out. Enjoying The Unknown Knowns? Subscribe here (https://go.sibylline.com/podcast) to never miss an episode.