This article was just posted on Forbes.com

I read The Checklist Manifesto eager to be enlightened.  I wasn’t.  Don’t get me wrong… it is a good book and likely a worthwhile read for almost anyone outside of industries that have a long history with project management.    The red-thread of the book is this:  simple checklists can dramatically improve results of complex projects – even those that require a high degree of operator expertise (doctors, structural engineers etc.).   Successful checklists detail both the sequence of necessary activities as well as the  communication checkpoints to ensure dialog among project participants…

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