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Order in the time of disorder

Ms Kondo quotes studies that prove that messy workplaces are bad for health as well as business

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The self help book offers a panacea to messy desks, never-ending backlogs of emails, packed schedules — tidying up the workplace!

Geetanjali Krishna
At a time when an unprecedented number of people have lost jobs across the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown and economic recession, Marie Kondo, best-selling author has written Joy at Work, an extension of her acclaimed KonMari method of decluttering to the workplace. Co-written with organisational psychologist Scott Sonenshein, the self help book offers a panacea to messy desks, never-ending backlogs of emails, packed schedules — tidying up the workplace! 

It is evident that Ms Kondo has met more than her fair share of naysayers, for she begins with a review of research that suggests that clean and
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