Some things are just so simple you wonder why no one thought of it before. In the article below, a surgeon talks about the complicated process of keeping patients alive and shares his simple solution for how that process might be streamlined. It’s easy to find applications for your business.
Two immediate take-aways from this article:
1. When introductions between team members were made before a surgery, the average number of complications and deaths dipped by 35 percent.
Why? A person, having gotten a chance to voice their name, was much more likely to speak up later if they saw a problem.
Apply this immediately to any team – you may get some insight into problems and/or solutions from people who would otherwise remain silent.
2. Ninety-four percent of surgeons wanted the checklist used if they were to have surgery.
Where could a checklist help you? How about daily tasks for new hires, a packing list you keep in your suitcase, a vacation checklist to make sure you change your voicemail and so on. Please share how you use a checklist to improve your business in the comment section.
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Atul Gawande’s ‘Checklist’ For Surgery Success : NPR
That is right. A checklist can be a life saver indeed. Wish we can implement it always. In office if you stat your day by preparing a check list your day is saved. You have the list what task needs to be done at priority and so on. you are organized & you are successful.
Keeping a checklist of action items is so important in my daily life, simply because I am an entrepreneur and it’s easier to keep track of all of the action items I need to complete throughout my day. When it comes to clients, a checklist before launching a campaign is so important, just so we have all of our bases covered. It’s saved my tush and my clients plenty of times.