Nudge of the Week: Checklists

Pilots have been using “pre-flight” checklists for decades. Even highly experienced pilots will still defer to checklists because the checklist is more reliable than your memory.

Seeing the success of checklists for pilots, surgeons have recently taken to using checklists as well. And the results are staggering.

According to one study, the simple use of checklists cut patient mortality rates nearly in half.

Can you incorporate checklists into your business?

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