Superhuman
Checklists: The Key to Smarter and Safer Work
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
1. Cognitive Offloading: Checklists help alleviate cognitive stress by offloading memory tasks to an external tool, allowing you to focus on execution rather than recollection.
2. Error Prevention: Even experts, like doctors and pilots, rely on checklists to avoid basic errors, demo
... See moreYour checklist should reflect only the factors you can control. A checklist measures your actions, not that of others. A checklist measures meticulous execution, not perfection. The items on your checklist should: Be actionable Measure quantity or quality Fit on one page
Dan Charnas • Work Clean: The Life-Changing Power of Mise-En-Place to Organize Your Life, Work and Mind
windshield and coping with the real world in front of them. But what you find, when a checklist is well made, is exactly the opposite. The checklist gets the dumb stuff out of the way, the routines your brain shouldn’t have to occupy itself with (Are the elevator controls set? Did the patient get her antibiotics on time? Did the managers sell all t
... See moreAtul Gawande • The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The fear people have about the idea of adherence to protocol
is rigidity. They imagine mindless automatons, heads down in a checklist, incapable of looking out their windshield and coping with the real world in front of them. But what you find, when a checklist is well made, is exactly the opposite. The checklist gets the dumb stuff out of the way,
readwise.io • Checklist Manifesto
Checklists seem to provide protection against such failures. They remind us of the minimum necessary steps and make them explicit. They not only offer the possibility of verification but also instill a kind of discipline of higher performance.