The Checklist Manifesto

Blurb

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right is a 2009 non-fiction book by Atul Gawande. It was released on December 22, 2009 through Metropolitan Books and focuses on the usage of checklists in relation to several different elements of daily and professional life. The book looks at the usage of checklists in the business world as well as the medical profession, with Gawande examining how it could be used for greater efficiency, consistency and safety. Gawande stated that he was inspired to write The Checklist Manifesto after reading a story about a young child that survived a fall into a frozen pond and discovering that the physician that saved her relied heavily on checklists.
Critical reception for the book has been mostly positive, with Newsday calling it "thoughtfully written". The Seattle Times also gave a positive review.