In the ten years since Dr. Atul Gawande published The Checklist Manifesto, the use of checklists has proliferated in fields from medicine to investing. Gawande, a surgeon, made a particular focus on ...

It’s tempting to assume that employees, managers, and leaders will naturally prioritize tasks and follow procedures. However, relying solely on memory or trust is an unreliable strategy. Instead, ...

When you have a stressful job like a doctor or a pilot, you’re faced with executing complex tasks everyday with very high rates of success. How do such professionals even get started when the task at ...

We all should use checklists more. That’s true even if you’re one of the many people who think checklists are too rigid, too confining. You won’t feel confined. Knowing you’ll remember everything will ...

As an advisor, you deal with complexity on a day-to-day basis. You’re managing investments, financial plans, client emotions, team dynamics, administrative paperwork, compliance and more. You can’t ...

Checklists are essential to tackling a project thoroughly and completely. They ensure there is process cohesion between parties who may be involved in completing them and, most importantly, that ...

An easy method that promised to cut complications in surgery may not be so simple after all. You have full access to this article via your institution. Before making the first incision, confirm the ...