AUA: When Do Well-Meaning Checklists Turn Into Compliance Theater?
About this episode
Rodney and Sam discuss the pitfalls of checklists in organizations and how they can hinder good work.
Every org has process that started as protection and calcified into performance: boxes we check to prove nothing bad happened, rather than to help good work happen. In this mini episode, Rodney and Sam respond to a listener trying to resist the "checklistification" of their org. They draw a line where good checklists turn bad and explore the limits for what checklists can—and can't—solve in your team's Twilight Zone. -------------------------------- Ready to change your organization? Let's talk! Get our newsletter: Sign up here. Follow us: LinkedIn Instagram Mentioned references: "Sunshine and Twilight Zones": The Ready's Depthfinding Atul Hawande, author of The Checklist Manifesto complicated vs complex MECE (Mutually Exclusive, Completely Exhaustive) Sound engineering and design by Taylor Marvin of Coupe Studios.
People in this episode
Hosts: Rodney Evans, Sam Spurlin
Topics covered
- checklists
- organizational processes
- compliance theater
- performance
- team dynamics
Keywords
- checklists
- compliance theater
- organizational processes
- performance
- Twilight Zone
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Ready
Books & works: The Checklist Manifesto
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