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On 10-7-2014 9:29, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 9-7-2014 13:45, Stephen wrote:
>> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degroot org> wrote:
>>> From this whole exercise I must conclude that the "Clean Desk" movement
>>> has gotten nowhere at all :-)
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>> I don't know about that. From what I've read here everyone seems quite
>> regulated. Mine is so cluttered it is like an archilogical dig finding
>> things. I
>> have even misplaced a dwarf wolly mamoth, somewhere.
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> The Clean Desk Policy was very strict. Except for a screen, a keyboard,
> a mouse and a phone, nothing was allowed after working hours. It meant
> you had to re-create your own junk every morning and clean it up before
> leaving. The bright idea (for which managers are sometimes known) behind
> the concept was that a "cluttered desk revealed a cluttered mind" etc
> etc. I suspect that the ideal was a permanently pristine desk during
> working hours.
obligaory einstein quote:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10805-if-a-cluttered-desk-is-a-sign-of-a-cluttered
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necessary for her work there will be another hole in the firewall.
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