Actually, it isn't a new way to do things better. It is a carefully researched set of pointers to how to do things better. Most of the points are old things that lots of people have talked about before, but have never really done more than say "I think this works." You know, like the self-improvement fad people do. They never really give any good reasons; they just give hype. Well, Atul Gawande's talk is careful and low-key. It comes out of a genuine desire to understand why some doctors and hospitals get far better results than others, and he tells people about it because he wants medicine to improve and save lives more effectively, not because he wants to be a great life-coach -- his day-job pays very well already.
Sorry I haven't summarised his talk. It is about 50 minutes long and in it he says a lot. It is a bit hard to summarise. I'll listen again and have a shot at pulling the main points out. I'm interested in doing that for my own information anyway... or maybe I'll use the transcript when it gets online in a day or so.
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Re: Frustrate....
Date: 2007-06-03 09:48 am (UTC)Sorry I haven't summarised his talk. It is about 50 minutes long and in it he says a lot. It is a bit hard to summarise. I'll listen again and have a shot at pulling the main points out. I'm interested in doing that for my own information anyway... or maybe I'll use the transcript when it gets online in a day or so.