> 'checklists are very very good. You should really use checklists'
If you stop at that you miss a big part of the book where he describes that not all checklists are equal, what makes checklists useful (i.e. you should not state the obvious in a checklist and he goes at length to explain why), and how you spread the usage of checklists in an organization. That's a lot more important than "checklists are very very good".
Plus the whole spiel about CRM (crew resource management), eg that the entire team should introduce themselves, that the nurse is as entitled to speak up and ask questions as the Prof. Dr. surgeon MD Esq., etc. etc.
If you stop at that you miss a big part of the book where he describes that not all checklists are equal, what makes checklists useful (i.e. you should not state the obvious in a checklist and he goes at length to explain why), and how you spread the usage of checklists in an organization. That's a lot more important than "checklists are very very good".