Tag Archives: checklists

10 Things To Check Before Every Presentation

Posted on July 27, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

There’s a lot to remember when giving multimedia presentations. PowerPoint or KeyNote presentations involve the complex interaction of your computer, your software, the presentation file, a display screen or projector, your remote, and the audio system. And increasingly, presentations are given … Continue reading →

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Does Technology Make You Complacent?

Posted on May 18, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Is autopilot dangerous? The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a three-day conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss pilot and air traffic controller professionalism, including whether automation makes pilots complacent.  The New York Times reports: Automation is generally considered a positive development … Continue reading →

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Using Aviation Checklists To Improve Your Work

Posted on May 14, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

(updated below) I’ve nearly finished reading The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. In developing his surgical checklist, Dr. Gawande looked at examples from aviation, which has a long and successful history of using checklists to improve safety. Below are checklists for … Continue reading →

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Reducing Stress With Checklists and GTD

Posted on March 19, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

In the ABA Journal, Martha Neil writes: A sense of impending doom is a common feeling for many attorneys in practice: From the mistake made when drafting a document or taking a deposition to a transgression that you may not … Continue reading →

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4 Reasons To Use A Checklist

Posted on March 16, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto has arrived, and sits in my kitchen until I get my first free moment to enjoy it. I hope to read it, fittingly, on my upcoming cross-country flight. I meant to post about this earlier, … Continue reading →

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Checklists: Get Consensus and Follow Up

Posted on February 22, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

Matthew May just finished Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, a book high up on my own reading list. Matt discusses two criteria for checklists: Clarity. Assume an untrained eye will read it. Make it bullet-proof, … Continue reading →

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Free Your Mind (and the rest will follow)

Posted on February 12, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

David Allen recently wrote (no link available): I’m lazy and I don’t want to think about anything more than it deserves. So my quest became to find the best and most efficient ways to think about things as little as … Continue reading →

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