The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things RightThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist |
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User Review - markwhiting - LibraryThingI really enjoyed this book and I think its essentially mandatory reading for anyone trying to do anything. Atul Gawande makes an infallible case for intelligently structuring work and using checklists ... Read full review
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User Review - Skybalon - LibraryThingA wonderful book, that is just the right length. Ultimately it is pretty simple, smart people--even very smart people--can profit and make less mistakes by making checklists of tasks that are ... Read full review
Contents
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the problem of extreme complexity | 15 |
the checklist | 32 |
the end of the master builder | 48 |
the idea | 72 |
the first try | 86 |
the checklist factory | 114 |
the test | 136 |
the hero in the age of checklists | 158 |
the save | 187 |
acknowledgments | 205 |