Quotes About Checklists

We're putting in checklists everywhere, especially when we do handoffs within the team. It's really making a difference. Error rates are way down.

A lot of the world turns into checklists for me when I'm on the road. Like, OK, this person's alive, this person's fed, this person's good. Soundcheck is done. Everything becomes a checklist except for the actual show.

Ramit builds checklists for as many business processes as possible, which he organizes using software called Basecamp. Google "entrepreneurial bus count" for a good article on why checklists can save your startup.

Checklists educate people about what's best, showing them the ironclad right way to do something.

Checklists provide insurance against overconfidence.

Appropriately used, checklists can be a tremendous asset in enhancing personal productivity and relieving mental pressure.

In some areas these checklists have dramatically reduced human error and the resulting complications, including death.