A few weeks ago I was reading this excellent post from Clark Quinn, when I noticed that he referenced the book ‘The Checklist Manifesto’ by Atul Gawande.
This was a book that I purchased (in paper format) and read 2-3 years ago, but must admit to it being ‘ahead of my time’ at the time in my career I read it. I did a bit of digging around to try and find it again, but was unable to do so, so repurchased it as a Kindle version.
What was immediately of interest to me was just how differently the book resonated with me in comparison with the first time I read it (I think the lesson here is to go back and revisit ‘things’, even ‘things’ that didn’t make sense/seem relevant/etc at the time). Concepts and examples that were lost on me a couple of years ago, all of a sudden started to make sense, to take shape, to add value! The book hadn’t changed – I had!
I could offer a lengthy review of the book, however that would seem like a waste of the functionality that the Kindle platform provides, so instead, here are my Kindle Highlights from the book, along with some additional notes that mirrored my thinking at the time of reading. (it appears that Amazon won’t allow you to see ‘just’ the notes for a specific book, so here’s a screenshot showing you where to click to see ‘some’ of my notes (not sure why you can’t see them all?))
What I will say is that of you’re in an L&D role, this is a book that you need to read.
Maybe you’re new to the world of Performance support?
Perhaps you’re familiar with, maybe even practicing the concept?
It could be that you know it’s what you should be doing, but you need something to back that up, perhaps some evidence to convince others?
Whatever you’re doing, at whatever level – this book will have something in there for you.
So stop reading this and order this
Or if like like many, cash is tight at the moment, why not try tracking it down via your local library.
If you’d like to hear from Atul Gawande himself, with particular reference to ‘checklists’, then check this video out
He’s also published some fine examples of checklists on this site.
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