The power of checklists. Checklists are the most underappreciated yet powerful organisational tactic that you can know about but never use. We are all familiar with to-do lists and shopping lists, which are, perhaps, the simplest implementation of checklists, yet they can be so much more.

The checklist by Atul Gawande is a fascinating journey into the power of checklists, and as a medical professional he has used them to help save lives. But in our more ordinary lives, how can we use them effectively?

Breaking down complex projects into a checklist relieves our mind of trying to remember. Make a checklist for everything. There…