Checklist, A magical tool for business innovation

in #management7 years ago

During World War II, the B17 bomber experienced initial difficulties due to frequent accidents despite its excellent performance.


<Photo: B17 Bomber (Source: Wikipedia)>

Because of the complex equipment that exceeds the skill of the pilot, a small mistake has led to an accident.

The US Air Force was able to find a solution from a surprisingly simple improvement in an exhibition situation that had to solve these problems as soon as possible.

The solution is that the US Air Force deployed checklists to pilots.


<Photo: Checklist for B17 Bomber>

The B17 made an important contribution to the Allied combat power, with a mere improvement that allowed the pilot to check for operational errors that they might have missed.

Google's managers also have a checklist of important things to keep track of their team members.

This checklist, shared with team members, was checked against each other to reduce conflicts that might not occur in the organization.


<Photo: Google's Checklist Case>

You can easily see water purifiers and public places with checklists and clean management.

In order to maintain the same level of service even when outsourced staff changes from time to time in public toilets or security guards, it is necessary to have a checklist of related tasks.


<Photo: Check list of toilet>

I think that setting a checklist item is a good process of organizing the core of organizational management.

A well-organized checklist of core tasks is a low-cost, magical management tool!