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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande
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Description for The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Atul Gawande
Paperback. One of the top ten greatest doctors in the world looks at the lowly checklist, and how this simple idea - which is free to reproduce - will revolutionise the way we approach problems, and help save lives. Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands of the most highly skilled people. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands of the most highly skilled people. But avoidable failures are common, and the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of our knowledge has exceeded our ability to consistently deliver it - correctly, safely or efficiently. In this groundbreaking book, Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument for the checklist, which he believes to be the most promising method available in surmounting failure. Whether you're following a recipe, investing millions of dollars in a company or building a skyscraper, the checklist ... Read more
Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands of the most highly skilled people. But avoidable failures are common, and the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of our knowledge has exceeded our ability to consistently deliver it - correctly, safely or efficiently. In this groundbreaking book, Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument for the checklist, which he believes to be the most promising method available in surmounting failure. Whether you're following a recipe, investing millions of dollars in a company or building a skyscraper, the checklist ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846683145
SKU
V9781846683145
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99-35
About Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the New Yorker magazine. He is also Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Reviews for The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Atul Gawande
It has been years since I read a book so powerful and so thought-provoking ... Gawande is a gorgeous writer and storyteller, and the aims of this book are ambitious
Malcolm Gladwell Riveting and thought-provoking
David Aaronovitch
The Times
A welcome book ... packed with vivid writing, heart-stopping anecdotes and statistical surprises
Financial Times
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Malcolm Gladwell Riveting and thought-provoking
David Aaronovitch
The Times
A welcome book ... packed with vivid writing, heart-stopping anecdotes and statistical surprises
Financial Times
... Read more