A Perfect Mess The Hidden Benefits of Disorder--How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place,9780316013994

A Perfect Mess The Hidden Benefits of Disorder--How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780316013994
ISBN10: 0316013994
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-08
Publisher(s): Little, Brown Paperbacks
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Summary

This Groundbreaking Book is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness, and consistency are the keys to success. Presenting a spectacular array of true stories and case studies of the useful role mess can play in business, parenting, cooking, the war on terrorism, retail, and even the meteoric career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, A Perfect Mess reveals how moderately messy systems yield better solutions and use resources more efficiently.

Author Biography

Eric Abrahamson is a professor of management at Columbia University's School of Business, and author of Change Without Pain. David H. Freedman is the author of three books, and is a business and science journalist who has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, and Wired, among others. Abrahamson lives in New York, and Freedman in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 3
The Cost of Neatnessp. 7
A Mess Samplerp. 26
The History of Messp. 55
The Benefits of Messp. 75
Messy Peoplep. 100
Messy Homesp. 124
Mess and Organizationsp. 146
Messy Leadershipp. 180
The Politics of Messp. 201
Optimizing Messp. 227
Messy Thinkingp. 245
Pathological Messp. 271
The Aesthetics of Messp. 289
Source Notesp. 311
Acknowledgmentsp. 315
Indexp. 317
Reading Group Guidep. 329
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