BENEFITS OF A MESSY DESK 

A tidy desk has its perks.

In addition to looking nice (and impressing your boss), it’s been scientifically proven to foster positive behavior. People sitting at a clean desk are more likely to donate generously, and abstain from littering and crime, than people working in cluttered spaces.

But a study (University of Minnesota) revealed that a disorganized, unkempt office can be helpful too.

How? It makes you more inventive. Scientists asked people at tidy and untidy desks to develop new uses for ping pong balls and discovered that those sitting at messy desks presented ideas that were more “interesting and creative.”