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[Excited Penguin]

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Pretty neat little book, it gets the reader to grasp the power of this little device that revolutionized aviation a long time ago and yet has rarely ever been systematically employed in any other human endeavor. Besides the history lessons and the brief yet interesting descriptions of what goes on in such areas as modern construction, aviation, medicine and finances and how they have and could benefit from using checklists, he also provides us with a lot of personal anecdotes from his experience as a surgeon and other such stories from the OR. It's a thoroughly enjoyable read, and I heartily recommend it.

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