The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

2009

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June 21, 2016
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October 11, 2017

Fantastic real world account of how checklists have directly saved lives. Saved a lot of notes.
Made me rethink how I conduct my own work in order to codify it. Aviation has used it since the 1930's with far lower incident rates than software (that I work in), so why not use a checklist?

February 28, 2021

While a compelling plea for using a checklist and a good read, most of the learning seem to be superseded by Agile. If I had read this 5-10 years ago I think it would have been more powerful.

August 23, 2020

Checklists save lives. Yeah, that's the gist of the book! This book needed a serious trimming as a lot of it is just a reiteration of why checklists are awesome.

I've used checklists in many things in my life. Sometimes we resist using them because it seems so low tech and simple, but it works.

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August 6, 2012

Like most books of this kind, it's probably too long. Read the first two and last two chapters and you'll get it. I'll probably revisit the checklists I use for my work as a result of this book.

April 10, 2018

I have developed a lot of respect for Gawande in the past year. Love his interdisciplinary tendencies & writing style.

An outstanding book, which I ended up picking at a great time. This will stick.

April 5, 2020
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April 28, 2010

Interesting ideas. I'm stuck on why we resist using checklists. How do we avoid making them mindless and remain alert when using them?

September 11, 2020
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November 8, 2020

Amazing doctor and author Atul Gawande leads the way in improving surgeries around the world. And how? With a technique that is both simple and cheap—Gawande initiates the use of checklists in surgeries.

It makes me think about other situations where checklists could be effective.

January 1, 2023

This book, and the philosophy driving, resonate well with me as I have already come to similar conclusions independently. One great benefit of the book is it's not longer necessary to attempt to persuade anyone of the efficacy of checklisting, just point them at the book.

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If you think checklists can't be effective tools in improving performance of teams and individuals in repetitive tasks, think again, because they sure can!

April 5, 2016
July 18, 2012

Loved this even when I wanted to bang my head against the wall and the reluctance of human beings to grasp how something so simple can be so effective.

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This seems a very useful tool in the right place. Tricky.

August 9, 2019
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