Finding the golden middle ground between 'move fast and break things' and 'move slow and fix things' is difficult and as the stakes get higher it's only natural to favour slow, steady, and careful over flying by the seat of your pants.
Exactly!
You want the surgeon who took the time to study deeply, then went into practice doing as many surgeries as possible, but then also taking the time to review/debrief/analyze the process and results. So, yes, it is a real mix or "golden middle ground" with excursions to both extremes. The opposite of a one-size-fits-all approach to each step.