In Defense of the Messy Desk

In Defense of the Messy Desk In Defense of the Messy Desk Every day more and more information is thrown at you. New mail, reports from various committees, invoices, proposals, and more all hit your desk several times a day. You are too busy to deal with it right away so it just begins to pile up. Your desktop begins to look like a war zone. The problem here is not that your desk is messy; the problem is that important stuff gets lost. It either gets buried by new material coming in, or its in the new material but is not noticed. As a result, you spend too much time on things that are simply urgent rather than those that are important. When your boss wants to know how soon she can have that report for the Vice President, you dont want to tell her you didnt notice the memo she sent you requesting the report. Nor will your boss be thrilled to hear that the layout for the new product line is late because you set it aside and it got covered up and you forgot about it. Some people will tell you the best way to solve this problem is a clean desk.

n Defense of the Messy Desk