The Importance of Checklists in the Workplace
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Simply put, a checklist is a list of items for consideration. They can come in several forms, like a list of questions or actions to be carried out. They can be accompanied by checkboxes ticked off when that list item has been completed. People accept the results of a completed checklist as reliable and trustworthy. Thus, it is used as a memory aid or a job tool to ensure all issues have been considered.
Why We Fail
The human brain is capable of holding 4.7 million books in memory. And yet, there is no lack of documented failures in our history. So, why do people still fail, even though we can hold significant information and use many skills? According to philosophers, we die for two reasons: ignorance and ineptitude. We fail, firstly, because we do not have the information to perform a task. We forget also because, although we have the information, we cannot […]