Bhushan's response highlights his ability to apply unconventional thinking to improve the performance of a percolate Lambda function by implementing asynchronous and parallel processing. He quantifies the success of this approach with a 400% increase in performance and a 200% decrease in cost. However, the response could be more detailed in describing the thought process behind the decision to change the execution model and how he ensured the new approach would be successful. Bhushan could improve by providing more context on the problem and a clearer explanation of the solution's implementation, as seen in the benchmark response.