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## Segment 8 — execution

## Article 77 — a077

# Adrian Wolfberg

**Adrian Wolfberg** is a researcher/practitioner in decision-making and performance analysis, and a co-author of the **11-elite-coach study** on high-stakes decisions cited in this source. His areas of work are consistent with the study's focus on the cognitive, emotional, and social processes behind tough calls.

**Role in this source:** co-author of the decision-making thread.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:**
- Co-authored [[framework-tough-calls]]
- Established [[concept-manufactured-instinct]] / [[contrarian-instinct-is-preparation]]
- Co-source of [[quote-instinct-is-preparation]] and [[quote-what-matters-right-now]]

*Provenance note:* the specific joint study by [[entity-alan-mccall]], Wolfberg, [[entity-johann-bilsborough]], and [[entity-ricard-pruna]] is not easily surfaced in open sources; attribution is plausible but unverified against a single canonical paper.