Some cars won’t start unless the clutch is pushed in. Some will. If you are in gear, it will push the car forward.

The most complete and safest way for all cars is.

Foot on brake. Clutch in. Put in neutral. Start car.

That should work and be safe in all manual cars. It is likely the “correct” way for a driving test.

Once you get to know a car, you might just use the brake and clutch and leave it in gear when starting the car.

“Great news taste”

Or

“New and improved”

That was a grrrrrreeeeaaaatttt turn! If you keep that up, you’ve got it made!

It almost sounds like a project team that is actually and actively looking to solve known and recurring problems instead of “just do whatever everyone else is kind of doing” might be why they are successful.

It’s the difference between “how should we go about this” vs “see how we go” regardless of what you label those approaches as.