IF A CLUTTEREED DESK IS A SIGN OF A CLUTTERED MIND, THEN WHAT ARE WE TO THINK OF AN EMPTY DESK?

 Many managers promote ‘clean desk’ policies for the purpose of  boosting work efficiency and productivity.  And it is true that conventional wisdom would suggest that a disorganized and messy environment can clutter one’s mind and complicate one’s judgments.  But a recent study challenges this conventional link between a messy environment and a messy mind. In a series of…