Book : - The Checklist Manifesto How to get the things right
Author: - Atul Gawande
Pages : - 202
Chapters: - 09
One sentence description of book: - Methodical
approach to accomplish routine complex tasks without failure.
What the book is about: - Book is method driven
approach to achieve consistent results and reducing errors in ever growing
complex environment of medical science, construction, aviation, finance,
cooking etc. Book lays the importance of checklists used in above fields and
shares the success stories related to above fields.
Examples used to support theory: - Boeing as
Checklist factory, Critical care checklist by Dr Peter Pronovost before start
of operation, Jody Adams checklist’s in restaurant business, construction of
huge vertical rise buildings and stock market investment by Mohnish Pabrai and
Guy Spier.
Output of usage of Checklists:-
1. Investment Advisors like Mohnish Pabrai and Guy Spier were
able to consistently able to beat market indexes. They are about
to spot good investment opportunities in a shortest possible span of time.
2. Jody Adams was able to serve 150 customers in 05 hours
with extremely large variety of dishes without a single instance of failure.
3. In October 2008 after implementation of checklists at
WHO, it showed rate of major
complications fell by 36 per cent in all 08 hospitals and death rate fell by 47
per cent.
Pros:-
1. Explains
the importance of checklists in carrying out the complex jobs in various fields
like flying aircraft's, value investing, performing surgery, construction of
high rise buildings.
2. Examples
has been given from various fields regarding the success of checklist
3. Explains
how method works as success in any field
Cons:-
1. There are
complex terms related to medical field in the book which is beyond scope of
normal person
Overall review: - It is different type of book which deals with complex situations and provides a way for consistent results with very low percentage of error. Overall a good read to improve upon errors that may creep in regular and routine jobs.
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