Attention to Detail

Makena was watching a new movie on the plane and noticed a couple of continuity issues, as a well as a microphone in one of the biggest scenes (oops). Makena's attention to detail was top-notch; her fellow sci-fi movie fans in the chat group loved reading about her latest discoveries.

Attention to detail is about achieving thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task. It can include providing accurate, consistent numbers; offering information in a useable form and on a timely basis to others who need to act on it; maintaining a checklist or calendar to ensure that small details are not overlooked; producing work that requires little or no checking; communicating information without details being lost, forgotten or omitted.

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