Did you know that checking boxes on a checklist can actually save lives? I read an interesting article in Fast Company called The Heroic Checklist. 

Fast food companies are notorious for using them to simplify things for their employees. But did you know that hospitals are also using them to save lives? In one hospital alone they were able to save about 1,500 lives simply because they developed a simple five-step checklist for inserting IV lines.

I’m very glad that the pilot who flew me home this weekend went through his checklist to make sure our airplane was ready for take-off. If using a checklist is helpful to these industries I’m wondering how I can use them in my organization.

What do you think about checklists? Would they help you? Or do you think they’re a waste of time?