Investing is a very individual thing. However, there are some fairly universal steps that can help you become a better investor -- if you force yourself to follow them. That's why making lists can be ...

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 ...

Atul Gawande’s book The Checklist Manifesto is a best seller. In it, the author, who is also a medical doctor, discusses the value of creating checklists for a huge range of tasks, from disaster ...

When you have a stressful job like a doctor or a pilot, you’re faced with executing complex tasks everyday with very high rates of success. How do such professionals even get started when the task at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Kappel is the Founder of Patriot Software, LLC. I don’t know how it’s that time of year again, but it is. Year-end. The time ...

Advocates and evangelists for globally integrating your operations often provide a tall order for changing how you do business. Some have grandiose, utopian schemes of how global synergies can be ...

For example, some checklists are like grocery lists, a basic catalog of what needs to be accomplished by just one person in order for a process or procedure to be completed properly. In an operating ...

In the tapestry of our everyday lives, unforeseen legal issues can weave their way into the fabric, compelling us to traverse the intricate waters of the judicial system. Whether entangled in a civil ...

CAMDEN, S.C.—Surgical team members shuffle in and out of the operating room preparing for the second procedure of the day at KershawHealth, a 120-bed hospital in a town of about 7,000 in north central ...

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 ...