“Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.”
--- Dr. Atul Gawande
What does simple idea of the checklist reveals about complexity, our biggest problem in modern life? The world has brought stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures plague us in virtually every realm of organized activity -- health care, government, the financial industry, schools. And the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded our ability as individuals to properly deliver on it--consistently, correctly, safely. We train longer, specialize more, use ever-advancing technologies, and still we fail. What we've not understood properly is why we fail--and how something as simple as a checklist could make it possible to fly planes of extraordinary sophistication or to cut death rates in surgery by half. Find out how this methodology can help you perform better every day starting now.
During this program you will learn:
· The difference between failures of ignorance and failures of ineptitude
· What checklists can do to help us cope with complexity and what they can't
· How to understand the fierce resistance to checklists
· How to make checklists that work
As a practicing surgeon and an accomplished writer, teacher and speaker, Dr. Atul Gawande offers audiences a unique perspective on the human struggle to do better, to improve performance. Chosen for the 2010 TIME 100, Gawande is number five in the thinkers category. He was also chosen for the Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers 2010. He received the MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the “genius prize,” for his writing and his efforts to improve surgical practice. Atul is the author of three brilliant bestselling books on medicine, culture and human experience. In his book, Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, Dr. Gawande uses the high stakes challenges he faces as a surgeon to explore the universal struggle to perform well—what it takes to excel in any area of human endeavor. His first book, Complications, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2002 and is published in more than a hundred countries. Atul’s current book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right is a New York Times bestseller. In this book, Dr. Gawande explores the importance of using the lowly checklist and how it has revolutionized medical practice and saved lives. He is the Research Director for the BWH Center for Surgery and Public Health, a practicing surgeon, and a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.
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