# FIELD NOTE #031 | Certainty Is Usually Borrowed

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Podcast: [Engineering the Intelligent Enterprise](https://stenobird.com/podcast/advances-and-innovations-in-actuation-systems-7727128)
Published: 2026-09-01T16:58:24+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prasad-bhonde6/episodes/FIELD-NOTE-031--Certainty-Is-Usually-Borrowed-e3o6mds
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Most certainty starts life as an assumption. An assumption is made. The assumption works.The assumption survives. Eventually the assumption becomes knowledge. Or something very similar. ------ In this episode, we explore why organisations often inherit confidence more easily than evidence. Why conclusions travel further than context.And why some of the most influential beliefs inside a system are not actively defended. They are simply no longer inspected. A conversation about assumptions, familiarity, organisational memory and the quiet ways certainty is manufactured. ------ Stay Tuned… Regards, Top Voice Maido & Kon'nichiwa min'na! 👶🏻🧑🏻‍🦱👩🏻‍🦳 Wie Geht's guys? Mir geht's gut!!! ✌️🤘🙌 #SystemsThinking #DecisionMaking #Leadership #OrganisationalBehaviour

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