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4.0 out of 5 starsSurprisingly readable
ByRichard Bakeron February 6, 2017
I had to read this book for work, and I wasn't looking forward to it. To my surprise it has a very good narrative is quite readable. The examples used are compelling and keep the pages turning. By the end it had me thinking of our processes and I have my team scouring them looking for places where a checklist would be appropriate. If you're concerned about quality, you should give this book a try.
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1.0 out of 5 starsI actually checked this review off my To-Do list.
ByAnthony J. Veraon June 10, 2018
Meh. The book is WAY over-hyped!! It spends MOST of its long never-ending pages explaining medical scenarios. It's unbelievable....I felt as if I was studying my Paramedic book again! All that nonsense to get to "Checklists are good...you should develop one for everything you do". That's it folks...I just gave you the cliff Notes for the ENTIRE book! Even the sample checklists (all two of them) they illustrate are a joke.
Pay ME whatever this book costs, and I'll actually MAKE a checklist for you! Tell ya what...contact me if you want the book. I'll give it to you if you just pay shipping. Very disappointing!
Pay ME whatever this book costs, and I'll actually MAKE a checklist for you! Tell ya what...contact me if you want the book. I'll give it to you if you just pay shipping. Very disappointing!
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ByDougon December 28, 2014
Checklist Manifesto reads like a very good long form blog post that got stretched into a book. I bought the book having sparked to Atul's premise that "Checklists" might be an under utilized tool for business and was interested in learning how to put it to use in my field. The disappointment with this book stems from the fact Atul spends the entire book recounting stories across the medical, construction, and aviation industries to illuminate why checklists are critical to these fields. He is an excellent writer and the stories are well explored but he belabors the point. One chapter on the importance of checklists would be enough for readers who paid to read about checklists. Would have preferred more in depth about how to create checklists in an industry agnostic manner. If you are interested in detailed stories about commercial construction & surgical process definitely read and enjoy. If you are looking for more detailed "how to" on creating checklists for your work you may want to just search for the example templates he includes at the end of the book.
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ByCarloson July 6, 2016
I was expecting a how-to make a checklist workbook, but what I found are a series of stories where the author explains how a checklist helped a team of Healthcare, Construction and Aviation get things done right. If you want the know-how to make a great check-list this book is not for you, if you want to know how they help, buy this book.
ByStephen A.on December 3, 2017
Perhaps it’s my bad but I read this book there would be more about tips on how to construct a good Checklist. This is basically a story of one persons opinions and experience of why checklists are good. I’ll save you some time.....Checklists are good and can save lives, which is basically the take away.
Byapplecoreo@aol.comon March 12, 2014
I approached this book with the hope I would find something useful for me to accomplish my job better. I deal with a lot of moving parts and a lot of pressure and people. However, it was much like Small Pox: The Death of a Disease where an expert in a field wants to immortalize his groundbreaking/world-changing success. The anecdotal stories were great insights into the lives of ER surgeons, master builders, and pilots. The pitch was for using (duh) checklists. I don't have a job where ego is a problem, so I don't have the "buy in" barrier to using checklists. Ultimately, the target audience is probably people who don't think they need checklists and need a good pitch (manifesto?) to do so... in which case, they wouldn't buy the book on their own in the first place.
I believe in checklists already, and I use them lest I drop a ball in my job. It's people who risk-assess erroneously. Especially egocentric, infallible people. The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a thing, and everybody needs a reality check once in a while.
The part of the book I found most useful to my aim was the section on what makes a good checklist: short, easily accessible, and with key words to remind the user what it is s/he needs to do in what order. It's ultimately a reminder tool so we don't forget the important details that can make or break a deliverable, a deadline... or a person.
I believe in checklists already, and I use them lest I drop a ball in my job. It's people who risk-assess erroneously. Especially egocentric, infallible people. The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a thing, and everybody needs a reality check once in a while.
The part of the book I found most useful to my aim was the section on what makes a good checklist: short, easily accessible, and with key words to remind the user what it is s/he needs to do in what order. It's ultimately a reminder tool so we don't forget the important details that can make or break a deliverable, a deadline... or a person.
ByChad Lucason January 7, 2018
Great concept of using something as simple as a checklist for massive improvement.
Three stars because most of the book was simply stories of how he arrived at this conclusion. Great stories but I would have preferred a more tactile and practical approach.
Three stars because most of the book was simply stories of how he arrived at this conclusion. Great stories but I would have preferred a more tactile and practical approach.
ByJeffrey Rabinon June 14, 2013
The author, a surgeon, makes a persuasive case for use of checklists in a variety of endeavors. But, most of the book is redundant and repetitive. His most compelling point -- that it's a human frailty to steer away from using a checklist because leaders feel it would reflect poorly on his/her abilities if he/she need a checklist -- comes at the end of the book and more attention could be given to that point.
In summary, this would have been better, if shorter.
In summary, this would have been better, if shorter.
Byphantom5691on November 8, 2012
Having been a huge fan of Gawande's work (Better, Complications, various magazine articles) when i stumbled on this title, the purchase was automatic. Sadly though, the work was a bit disappointing. The ideas presented make perfect sense and he brings strong arguments on their efficacy in the real world. The problem that I had with the book was that it just felt so repetitive in its content and presentation. I think the basic and most important ideas could have been edited down to a New Yorker length article and been just as effective.
ByPieteron April 6, 2014
I was already in agreement about the main premise of the book (i.e. the benefits of checklists in completing work, even for -or especially for- professions of high expertise) before I started reading it, and the book was satisfying in the arguments and storyline put forward.
Having said that, the idea is simple enough and could be told in shorter format. I accept that some storytelling aids in getting across the point and engaging the reader. But I feel that on balance there was too much storytelling in comparison to the actual ideas being conveyed.
Too much of my time has gone to reading through the storytelling expecting (hoping) another insight would be revealed. Alas, from about the middle of the book nothing really new was presented.
Having said that, the idea is simple enough and could be told in shorter format. I accept that some storytelling aids in getting across the point and engaging the reader. But I feel that on balance there was too much storytelling in comparison to the actual ideas being conveyed.
Too much of my time has gone to reading through the storytelling expecting (hoping) another insight would be revealed. Alas, from about the middle of the book nothing really new was presented.
ByYiannis Miliatsison June 22, 2018
Really great stories about the birth and importance of the checklist in medicine, aerospace and architecture, but no practical advice for some implementation. Nice read though...
3.0 out of 5 starsChecklist Manifesto builds the case for checklists, but never really teaches how to create effective checklists
ByR. Curtison January 10, 2016
The Checklist Manifesto does a great job of demonstrating the positive impact that checklists can have across multiple industries. It does a good job of bringing awareness to the cultural challenges that might be experienced in trying to implement a checklist into practice. It also does a good job of discussing the types of use cases where checklists can make differences. I learned a lot about disciplines (healthcare, construction, aviation) that I don't have a background in.
What I don't feel that The Checklist Manifesto did an adequate job of is explaining how to create great check lists. I expected a book entitled The Checklist Manifesto would have had sections dedicated and focussed on the how-to aspects of checklists. There was some instruction on checklists that gets lost in the paragraphs of historical case studies about checklist usage. Even when you extract these nuggets, it still leaves much to be desired for a good tutorial on how to create great checklists. What is there is not in a format that supports learning.
So, while this book does a great job of showing the value of checklists across industries, it doesn't do a good job of teaching what makes a checklist great, how to create great checklists, walking through examples of checklists and provding an explanation of what make each checklist good or bad, guidance on best practices for implementing checklists, how to store and reference checklists, how to maintain and keep checklists current, how to measure the benefit that checklists provide, etc... Again, some of these are touched on at a high level, but burried in the paragraphs about case studies. I think that what I hoped to get out of this book, wasn't there, but I did learn some additional items that I didn't count on learning about.
What I don't feel that The Checklist Manifesto did an adequate job of is explaining how to create great check lists. I expected a book entitled The Checklist Manifesto would have had sections dedicated and focussed on the how-to aspects of checklists. There was some instruction on checklists that gets lost in the paragraphs of historical case studies about checklist usage. Even when you extract these nuggets, it still leaves much to be desired for a good tutorial on how to create great checklists. What is there is not in a format that supports learning.
So, while this book does a great job of showing the value of checklists across industries, it doesn't do a good job of teaching what makes a checklist great, how to create great checklists, walking through examples of checklists and provding an explanation of what make each checklist good or bad, guidance on best practices for implementing checklists, how to store and reference checklists, how to maintain and keep checklists current, how to measure the benefit that checklists provide, etc... Again, some of these are touched on at a high level, but burried in the paragraphs about case studies. I think that what I hoped to get out of this book, wasn't there, but I did learn some additional items that I didn't count on learning about.
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