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A short presentation I gave about checklists. Based on "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande
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Checklists Who needs a checklist? How can we improve ours?
Thoughts Provoked By:
SurgeonWorld Health
OrganizationStopping preventable
death and complications
October 30, 1935
Most experienced pilotMost advanced planeSafe demonstration of
the B-17 Bomber
Leads to This:
Most Industries Don’t Work Like Aviation
• Central discussion in the book is how a 19 point checklist was first tried in Hospitals Globally… in 2008.– Reduction in complications and unnecessary deaths was
substantial– Medical profession still has much to do on this front
• It’s not a new tool, software, or miracle drug – But it speeds work, saves costs, and saves lives
• It directly challenges our deeply held belief that training, experience matter…
Training and Experience Absolutely Matter
Construction Industry Figured This Out
End of the “Master Builder”
Two checklists on a project siteWhat to doWho to communicate
with
2 Sets of Checklists“…under conditions of true complexity—where the knowledge required exceeds that of any individual and unpredictability reigns—efforts to dictate every step from the center will fail. People need room to act and adapt. Yet they cannot succeed as isolated individuals, either…
“They supply a set of checks to ensure the stupid but critical stuff is not overlooked, and they supply another set of checks to ensure people talk and coordinate and accept responsibility while nonetheless being left the power to manage the nuances and unpredictabilities the best they know how.”
David Lee Roth (Van Halen) had a Checklist
THANK YOU!
Checklists forStupid but criticalCoordinate and accept responsibility
Questions?
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