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The Checklist Manifesto

By Floris WolswijkPublished Edited 1 min read
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Summary: Great book, really insightful. Written from personal story, but also includes the framework. Not too much details, i.e. leaves it to you to figure out!

The Checklist Manifesto – Atul Gawande

Summary: Great book, really insightful. Written from personal story, but also includes the framework. Not too much details, i.e. leaves it to you to figure out!

An external review appended to these notes describes Gawande’s distinction between errors of ignorance and errors of ineptitude. It follows his examples from surgery, aviation and construction, where checklists help experts use what they already know. The original source of this review was not recorded.

Also by Gawande – Being Mortal