Under conditions of complexity, not only are checklists a help, they are required for success.Atul Gawande
We don't like checklists. They can be painstaking. They're not much fun.Atul Gawande
Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations.Atul Gawande
Checklists remind us of the minimum necessary steps and make them explicit.Atul Gawande
We don't like checklists. They can be painstaking. They're not much fun. But I don't think the issue here is mere laziness. There's something deeper, more visceral going on when people walk away not only from saving lives but from making money.Atul Gawande
When you're making a checklist, Boorman explained, you have a number of key steps. The first is to define a clear pause point at which the checklist is supposed to be usedAtul Gawande
The volume and complexity of what we know has exceeded our individual ability to deliver its benefits correctly, safely, or reliably.Atul Gawande
Knowledge has both saved us and burdened us.Atul Gawande
The checklist gets the dumb stuff out of the way, the routines your brain shouldn't have to occupy itself with.Atul Gawande
We don't spend nearly enough time asking each other: What have you learned today - this week - this month, this year?Atul Gawande
You push the power of decision making out to the periphery and away from the center. You give people the room to adapt, based on their experience and expertise. All you ask is that they talk to one another and take responsibility. That is what works.Atul Gawande
Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work — whether in healthcare, education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty — is the great task of our generation as a whole.Atul Gawande
The philosophy is that you push the power of decision making out to the periphery and away from the center. You give people the room to adapt, based on their experience and expertise.Atul Gawande
Checklists can help people with memory recall and clearly set out minimum necessary steps in a process.Atul Gawande