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The Checklist Manifesto : How to Get Things Right by Gawande, Atul is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

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SUMMARY: A New York TimesBestsellerIn his latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it.The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry---in almost every realm of organized activity. And the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded our ability as individuals to properly deliver it to people---consistently, correctly, safely. We train longer, specialize more, use ever-advancing technologies, and still we fail. Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument that we can do better, using the simplest of methods: the checklist. In riveting stories, he reveals what checklists can do, what they can't, and how they could bring about striking improvements in a variety of fields, from medicine and disaster recovery to professions and businesses of all kinds. And the insights are making a difference. Already, a simple surgical checklist from the World Health Organization designed by following the ideas described here has been adopted in more than twenty countr

Who reads The Checklist Manifesto : How to Get Things Right?

It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.

Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.

Author
Gawande, Atul
Publisher
Picador
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9780312430009
Category
self-help
Subjects
Medical, Fiction, Self Help
Rating
4.03 / 5 (2,168 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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