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Do that and you'll get the benefit. Otherwise you'll confuse your "To Do" list with a checklist. They aren't the same thing Get this book while you can and then head to Amazon and buy all they will let youthere's a limit! Give them to your best clients. Chris Reich. Initially I wondered how Gawande would get a whole book out of this material.

In fact, it is a short book and I found myself regretting that it was over! Riveting, fascinating, not at all dry or boring. If I ever write a book, I want it to be like this one. It features: - A new, counterintuitive idea that deserves broad adoption.

The book also came with its share of surprise. Of course checklists are useful for avoiding dumb mistakes. Less obvious is the idea that checklists can free the mind to think about bigger issues, how they can improve communication, and how they can be used to empower lower-ranked personnel. Equally fascinating is how little they have been adopted, considering the evidence for their benefits. I have used checklists for many years and depend upon them for everything. I agree with everything in this book as far as it goes, but the book just gives some reasons why checklists are a good thing.

They are. I was hoping for more practical aspects. For example the author mentions that updating lists is very important, but there are techniques that can help update lists effectively, which were not described.

I hoped for more How-To and less Why. If you are already convinced checklists are a good idea, this listen is mostly a waste of time. I loved Gawande's previous works, and avidly read every new piece in the New Yorker. This was underwhelming, and a bit boring at times. I agree with other reviewers who say it is padded and has a simple yet eloquent thesis.

He even makes the episode about the Citbank Tower, which was riveting in the original New Yorker article by another author come off dull Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed. Adding to library failed. Please try again. Follow podcast failed. Unfollow podcast failed. Stream or download thousands of included titles. Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd.

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Amazon Reviews. Sort by:. Most Helpful Most Recent. I quickly helped her dress up. We went downstairs, she put on a jacket, it was getting late, we rushed to the garage, I almost forgot her bag, we took off in my car After a short 10 minute drive we stopped at the front entrance of the kindergarten at exactly a.

Proudly, I got out, opened her door It seems ridiculous to think I'd need a checklist for our "morning routine" but that day I woke my baby up a little too late 15 minutes! And when you're rushing, the checklist really helps.

Apparently the pilots of airplanes have checklists for everything. Each maneuver is described by a checklist and in the moment of stress or engine problem, the pilots check their checklists to make sure nothing is missing. According to the author, even the hospitals who specialize in the same kind of operations make mistakes. And they make less of them if they run checklists. The book has been awarded with , and many others. Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator.

We do not guarantee that these techniques will work for you. Some of the techniques listed in The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right may require a sound knowledge of Hypnosis, users are advised to either leave those sections or must have a basic understanding of the subject before practicing them.

Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches.

Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third. In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater, to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospi-tal infection.

He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements.