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  • The Checklist Manifesto

  • How to Get Things Right
  • By: Atul Gawande
  • Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
  • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (7,471 ratings)

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The Checklist Manifesto

By: Atul Gawande
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The New York Times best-selling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist.

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies - neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the US 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 90-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 hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from homeland security to investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.

An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference, The Checklist Manifesto is essential listening for anyone working to get things right.

©2009 Atul Gawande (P)2009 Macmillan Audio

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great narration.

here's a summary: use a checklist 😅 very well read, and well made book. I wish all audiobooks were made to this quality.

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Transformed my Thinking

I was recommended this book by one of our executives to improve how we run our Network Operations Center. this helped simplify my thinking and get me in a better track to ensuring things are done the right way every time. Highly recommend the book to ANYONE

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An important tool for every leader

if you manage teams you need to read this book. it is an important tool for every leader.

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Relevant content and effective delivery!

An extremely relevant and critical demonstration of the effectiveness of checklists. I already created my first checklist for our clinical practices.

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Great Story with Practical Advice

This book used gripping stories to showcase why checklists are useful. For example, a surgeon admits to guilt over almost killing patient. The checklist prevented a tragedy. The stories about how checklists help to narrowly avert plane crashes are just as compelling. However, the author does pretend that checklists fix everything. It also exposes challenges with adoption.

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Great reminder of why checklists are invaluable

From the most technical and complex goals to daily basics this book reinforces the reason to use checklists. Fine tuning and adjusting your checklists are vital to manifesting safety and executing excellence.

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great stories to explain the powfaer of checklists

fantastic examples of how and why checklists are critical for any complex system or process, especially where peoples lives are concerned.

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Great listen!

Enjoyed the real world examples and how one step can make a life change impact. Would recommend to everyone!

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Complexity Managed

Life is complex, checklists make that complexity manageable. Without a checklist you might as well be shooting from the hip.

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Timeless book, so glad someone told me about it

Well-narrated, excellent, moving stories to drive home the importance of checklist discipline no matter how experienced you are. Will re-read again and recommend. It’s that good. For the author to share his personal story on the importance of a checklist and teamwork was a wonderful way to end the book. Thank you for sharing so many stories. It makes it so much easier to remember your message. Checklists are not just for saving lives; they’re to drive and sustain excellence.

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