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Atul Gawande

The Checklist Manifesto

Eliminate avoidable failure and boost performance by mastering the power of a simple checklist.
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What's You Learn?
Simple checklists prevent experts from making avoidable mistakes – The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande shows how memory aids beat memory.

This comprehensive checklist methodology summary and key concepts reveal:

  • READ-DO vs DO-CONFIRM - Choose whether users check off while doing or verify after
  • Pause Points - Build natural breaks where checklist consultation makes sense
  • Killer Items - Include only steps that are critical yet commonly missed
  • Team Checklists - Add communication checks that ensure information flows correctly


2025 application: AI can generate checklists, but humans must validate criticality and usability.

Begin Click.Apply.Grow™ now: Create a five-item checklist for one routine task. Test it tomorrow. Refine based on misses. Organizations using checklists reduce errors by 47% on average.

Expertise creates blindspots. Checklists illuminate them.

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About the Author

Atul Gawande is a Harvard surgeon and MacArthur Fellow whose research on medical errors saves 100,000+ lives annually through simple checklists.

Harvard School of Public Health professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital surgeon. "The Checklist Manifesto" transformed healthcare, aviation, construction safety. New Yorker staff writer covering healthcare policy. Rhodes Scholar, advised Clinton and Obama administrations. WHO Safe Surgery Saves Lives program reduced surgical deaths 47%. Founded Ariadne Labs improving healthcare delivery.

2025 relevance: Gawande's complexity research shows why AI won't replace human judgment in high-stakes decisions.

Hospitals using Gawande's surgical checklist report 35% reduction in complications and deaths.

The surgeon proving simple solutions save lives.

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