I heard a story about a person that was considered integral to the success
of a project (at something like IBM) and had a large stack of documents.

When needed he could pluck the required document from within the stack in
very short time.

I discovered that we had such a stack at work.  It was interesting that 1.
I would know with some certainty if the info I wanted was in the stack and
2. where abouts in the stack it would be.  Often used documents would
naturally migrate to the top.

Access to the information within the stack was superior in many ways to
having to access the information via the computer system.

It was much quicker, saved trees, contained valuable information that was
considered outdated and no longer available via the computer system.

Quality demanded the stack be disposed as it did not contain the most up to
date information and looked untidy.

I miss the stack.


On 1 April 2014 22:48, Rossano Gobbi <rossano86@hotmail.com> wrote:

> For the competition it should also be considered whether one works IN the
> mess
> he has on the desk and everything is part of his daily work OR whether he
> just
> compulsively piles things on the desk without using them anymore and when
> place is needed just sweeps things to the sides.
> I'm one of the latter, sadly.
>
>
> Rossano
>
>
> In data luned=EC, 31 marzo 2014 14.01:27, John Gardner ha scritto:
> > ...Good for a laugh!
> >
> > Oh, pish - I bet Russell's desk blows your doors off...  :)
> >
> >    Jack
>
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