The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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Genres: Business & Money, Medicine
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Business & Money, Medicine
Book Type: Paperback
Helpful Score: 2
This book deals with how simple, clear checklists can improve any complex task. You know: the ones where you have to consider and do a lot of different things and where it is easy to forget some "obvious" task.
I found particularly interesting the observation on how checklists democratize teams, giving more power to subordinates (who can stop an operation, for example, if the surgeon accidentally contaminates his gloves) and how, in cases of unprecedented, complex projects it is better for the top management to simply provide some general guidelines and let the people on the periphery take responsibility, rather than insisting on a strict hierarchy - his example of the emergency responses after hurricane Katrina was enlightening.
Drawing on his experience the author uses mainly examples from medicine, but also from construction and aviation. The statistics he provides that prove his point are astounding.
Even though the subject matter is dry, the book is a very quick and interesting read. I finished it in one day.
I found particularly interesting the observation on how checklists democratize teams, giving more power to subordinates (who can stop an operation, for example, if the surgeon accidentally contaminates his gloves) and how, in cases of unprecedented, complex projects it is better for the top management to simply provide some general guidelines and let the people on the periphery take responsibility, rather than insisting on a strict hierarchy - his example of the emergency responses after hurricane Katrina was enlightening.
Drawing on his experience the author uses mainly examples from medicine, but also from construction and aviation. The statistics he provides that prove his point are astounding.
Even though the subject matter is dry, the book is a very quick and interesting read. I finished it in one day.
