Tidy desks drive productivity. Messy desks nurture creativity: research
A tidy desk may improve productivity, focus and generosity, however a messy desk may nurture creativity, according to scholarly research. 2011 research, published in The Journal Of Neuroscience, found that when an environment is cluttered, a person’s ability to focus becomes restricted. The chaos of a cluttered environment vies for the brain’s attention, eventually clouding.