{"id":6479,"date":"2021-09-01T16:04:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T21:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/?p=6479"},"modified":"2021-09-01T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T21:04:34","slug":"3-things-the-checklist-manifesto-teaches-about-business-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/business\/3-things-the-checklist-manifesto-teaches-about-business-success\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things The Checklist Manifesto Teaches About Business Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctor Atul Gawande knows a thing or two about success. His best-selling book, <\/span>The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, <\/span><\/i>is a reflection on the use \u2014 and value \u2014 of checklists in both the medical profession and the business world. It’s a powerful guidebook detailing how people in countless different professions leverage checklists to be more efficient, organized, and productive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s the most obvious insight in Dr. Gawande’s work. But it’s far from the only one. Beyond detailing the power of checklists, it can also teach us a few things about the ingredients of business success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Importance of Contextualizing Failure<\/b><\/h1>\n

According to Dr. Gawande, all failure can ultimately be traced to one of two things \u2014 ignorance and ineptitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Occasionally, we get things wrong because we simply lack the necessary knowledge to do them right. We simply don’t understand how things work and mess up because of it. That’s ignorance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other times, we make mistakes we should, for all intents and purposes, know to avoid. The knowledge is there, we possess it, but we aren’t applying it correctly. Dr. Gawande refers to this as a failure of ineptitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Failures of ignorance are easy to understand, and easier still to address. If we err because we simply don’t know any better, it follows that by expanding our knowledge, we can avoid making the same mistake again. Failures of ignorance are a little more complicated.<\/span><\/p>\n

They require you to take a step back and ask about <\/span>why <\/span><\/i>you committed this avoidable fumble. Were there any extenuating circumstances that may have led to the mistake? Examples might include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n