Albert Einstein famously quipped, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” While the Nobel laureate was obviously advocating for the ...

In the office, one’s desk is one’s domain. But unlike your messy bedroom at home, this abode is on display whether you like it or not, especially in ever-popular open office plans. So what me… ...

But these are learned behaviors. And they are learned behaviors with a cost. Because the house -- and your desk -- will just get messy again. Whereas you will never get those hours back.

Susan Adami, a fourth-grade teacher at Hampstead Elementary School, says that her messy classroom desk isn’t really messy, it’s just “differently organized.” Important papers stay on the top.

Suddenly, your desk has disappeared. Or, if you’re Shoreline Community College preschool teacher Donna T., a well-meaning friend enters it into a messy-desk contest. And it wins.

But maybe I shouldn't get down on myself. A messy desk may really be a symptom of a brilliant mind. That's the story Barack Obama and I heard. I may have even printed it out.

This connection between a messy desk and productivity is often missed because few people consider the cost of neatness, according to Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman, authors of A Perfect ...

hugeadummy didn't buy the study that concluded that messy desks resulted in $177 billion in lost productivity. It's the other way around, a messy desk is a sign of productivity, writes hugeadummy.

A new study finds that an untidy work space leads colleagues to perceive that the person is more neurotic, less agreeable, and pretty uncaring. Researchers and psychologists from the University of ...

Kids with messy desks are thought to be less focused and have trouble finding things. But we proved that wrong because Giana’s desk is messy and she is a good student. She is a healthy eater, too!