Effective safety checklists focus on observable hazards, clear responsibilities and actions workers can take when something goes wrong.

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 is common to misconceive how checklists function in complex lines of work. They are not comprehensive how-to guides … they are quick and simple tools aimed to buttress the skills of expert ...

It’s an older book. It’s written by a medical doctor. But if you haven’t read it, it’s a “must read” for printing industry leadership. It’s called The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, and ...

Decision-making overload is a common experience among managers. But you can process choices more efficiently and achieve better outcomes by using a checklist: Write down five company goals that will ...

On at least three occasions in 2007, surgeons at one Rhode Island hospital operated on the wrong side of their patients' heads. In one case, a resident neurosurgeon ...

My first question when considering any investment is fairly simple: "Would I want my wife to own this if I were dead?" Kind of morbid, but it keeps me focused on what's really important. I invest to ...

There's no doubt about it: looking around a messy, cluttered home can make it hard to know where to start when decluttering is your goal. Maybe the amount of possessions you own has gradually ...