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The Checklist Manifesto
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The Checklist Manifesto

How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande
Metropolitan Books, 2009
First Edition: 2009

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9

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Some of the most highly trained and respected professionals in the world rely on the humble checklist to keep them organized and out of trouble. Tremendous advances in scientific knowledge now overwhelm practitioners in many fields – to the point that they make regular but frequently avoidable mistakes. Boston-based surgeon Atul Gawande chronicles how his research into the aviation, construction and investment industries helped shape the World Health Organization’s production of a two-minute, 19-point surgical checklist that has saved countless lives worldwide. While not designed to be a how-to manual, Gawande’s book provides sample checklists, instructive examples and plenty of food for thought about how to create and fine-tune checklists that fit your job and your organization’s mission. getAbstract prescribes this eye-opening report to anyone responsible for complex tasks or for the lives of others and particularly to readers who plan to check into a hospital anytime soon.

Take-Aways

  • Two factors explain human error: “ignorance and ineptitude.”
  • Ignorance exists because people still have a lot to learn about the world and how it works. Ineptitude occurs when knowledge exists but people don’t apply it correctly.
  • Science has given professionals capabilities beyond their abilities to use them effectively.

About the Author

Atul Gawande is a MacArthur Fellow, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.

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    C. C. 3 days ago
    Interesting
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    D. E. 6 days ago
    Interesting to apply on daily life
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    C. C. 1 week ago
    It is was interesting principles and ideas to incorporate in the work place.