Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
By a messy office I think of a table with papers laying around, along with the cardboard cup coffees of the last two or three days, and all kind of of other stuff all over the place.
Would you have prejudices against this individual to manage a project? Saving Changes...
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Organization shows a level of control and care. A professional works to keep a sense of order in all aspects of their profession.
Would you eat in a restaurant where the chef was not tidy? Hire sloppy painters? I personally would think twice, then probably say no. Prejudice? No. Preference; Concern; Hesitation? Yes. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
We all have different ways of working in an office. Some people's office space looks like a lab, others like a volcano. Some people see their office space as an extension of home.
I knew a lady who's desk was overrun with piles of paper. Yet, she could pull the needed information out of this erupted volcano within seconds. Saving Changes...
Deborah CloudFunctional Manager| United HealthcareBarkhamsted, Ct, United States
In a virtual environment you may never see their desk. It is about the work and past experience that matters. I would check references and base my decision on that information versus messy or neat desk. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Lot to talk in my case, where I worked in different organizations belonging to different cultures and style. IBM demostrate in 1970 that prople productivity depends on the amount of space they have in their personal workplace. Why? Between other things, physics demostrate that each person has a personal order inside what other perceive as chaos. And when you live in some of those environments you will understand why and you could agree with that. On the other side, if you work inside organizations like Toyota this is unacceptable. And when you live Toyota you understand why and you could agree with that. So, in my personal opinion, in this type of situations, if the situation will not impact the whole, and if the expected results and objectives are achieved, then I firmly believe that as the team leader I have to find the way to manage it. Saving Changes...
Perceptions first - it looks dis-organized if you don't know the individual behind the desk.
We all have our own work behaviors; I lay out my work in a rainbow when developing content - it's the way I see my world. Since I understand others may not look through my eyes (grin), I choose to put my rainbow away when not working. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I've always believed that project managers with the most organized files, desks free of papers scattered everywhere are great managers as managing your office space is somehow not any different than managing a project. Saving Changes...
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
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