Slo · Productivity, Work & Focus
The Checklist Manifesto
by Atul Gawande
Three key ideas
- Knowing a procedure does not guarantee you will remember every important step in complex work.
- A checklist supports execution. It does not create expertise.
- Pick the important, easily missed actions. Do not list every detail.
The five 2-minute lessons
- 1.Knowing is not the same as doing
- 2.Choose the critical few
- 3.Place the pause where it matters
- 4.Let the pause start a conversation
- 5.Test it, then refine it
From the comic
Paperclips verified. Many paperclips. Adapter whereabouts uncertain.
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