You may think that you don’t need to use checklists because you already know what to do or because you’ve done it a hundred times before. But even though you may have done so yourself or you’ve told other people what to do, it’s only human nature to make mistakes or to try and take […]
Solving Organizational Resistance to Checklists
Checklist adoption often fails not because the checklist is weak, but because teams resist the change it represents. When organizations address fear, ownership, and communication early, checklists become easier to implement and far more effective. Summary: Resistance is one of the biggest barriers to making checklists work. This post explores why employees may resist checklist […]
How ‘Experts’ can be the Biggest Obstacle to Using Checklists
Checklist implementation often breaks down when experienced employees see checklists as unnecessary or beneath their expertise. In reality, strong checklists improve consistency, reduce errors, and support better performance across high-risk or repetitive work. Summary: One of the biggest barriers to checklist success is resistance from people who believe they do not need one. This post […]
Checklists don’t work….do they? Why Checklists Work
Here are 10 reasons why implementing checklists work in your business’s operations: 1 – Because everyone already knows what we need to do! You may think that everyone knows what to do because they’ve done it a hundred times before. But even though we’ve told them what to do, people often don’t listen and frequently […]
6 Steps to Creating a Checklist
We’ve talked about Atul Gawande before and his book ‘The Checklist Manifesto’ and, at this early stage in our blog series on checklists, we think it’s worth hammering home some of the points he makes. Boeing, NASA, and other large organizations have entire teams dedicated to creating checklists. Fortunately, you can capture significant improvements using checklists […]
A checklist for checklists? ….why not?
We’ve previously blogged about Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto which is a great help for the medical sector. We suggest you make familiarize yourself with it, but here is a great ‘ a checklist for checklists’ that’ll help you get started in whichever industry you’re in. Just use this as a clear, simple, and general […]
Where to Start with Checklists?
Before we get into the detail of industry-specific checklists and the issues involved in their design and operation we should remind you about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA’s role is to assure the safety and health of America’s workers […]
Do you need help working with checklists?
Do you need help working with checklists? Do you struggle to design the right checklists for your business? – Talk to us and see how we can help, for free*! We can help you find templates to use, ‘sense-check’ the templates you think you’d like to use, or even design new templates from scratch – […]
Do we really put safety first?…. quite possibly not
Summary: Workplace safety becomes credible only when leadership treats it as a constant organizational value rather than a slogan that competes with production and cost targets. Safety-first cultures show up in agendas, metrics, staffing, and daily decisions, not just posters or policy language. For EHS managers, the real test is whether safety performance receives the […]
A view from the Maritime Union of Australia…
A interesting counter-view of the benefits of Behavioural Based Safety systems is raised here. It’s an aged article and produced by a controversial labor organization, The Maritime Union of Australia… (c’mon guys, your views have been considered ‘strident’ on occasions in the past…) Nonetheless, we think it’s a valid comment and would welcome your own […]
