It was certainly a “made for TV” / theatrical way of making a point. But the point stuck with me as it was pretty diametrically opposed to the other Apprentice show which rewarded people for following instructions.

Looks like it was Victoria Falls: https://youtu.be/BrA__e6s1kg

Clip starts at 4:38

> you know you're on a TV show where the utmost care is taken by a whole team of professionals

I think that’s kind of the point though, is if you’re saying you’re capable of being President of Virgin (the prize I believe), then there is little to no safety net. You are the professional in charge responsible for everyone else’s safety. If you just assume that Branson’s prepared and thought of everything already then you’re not adding the value he’s looking for. He wants people that are skeptical of every detail and proposition (even his).

But granted it’s not the actual way he’d vet for this quality. It was spiced up for TV. I just found it impactful that he valued that skeptic quality in his team.

Written differently the sentence could also be phrased the following:

> Branson said he want's to have people around him that dare to tell him no.