Does Being Messy Make You More Creative?

Is messiness really a sign of disorganisation or just pure creative genius? Admitted clutter-creator, Anthony, explains new research that shows a link between disorder and creativity.

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Physical Order Produces Healthy Choices, Generosity, and Conventionality, Whereas Disorder Produces Creativity
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/24/9/1860
"Order and disorder are prevalent in both nature and culture, which suggests that each environ confers advantages for different outcomes. Three experiments tested the novel hypotheses that orderly environments lead people toward tradition and convention, whereas disorderly environments encourage breaking with tradition and convention—and that both settings can alter preferences, choice, and behavior."

The Dangers Of A Messy Desk
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/03/27/the-dangers-of-a-messy-desk/
"Is your monitor framed with layers of post-it reminders? Is your desktop hidden under stacks of papers, or your guest chair buried under a pile of outerwear? Your colleagues are judging you."

Your Messy Desk Is Evidence of the Indomitable Creativity of Your Soul
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/09/19/new_york_times_on_messy_desks_chaos_loosens_norms_and_neatness_tightens.html
"The surface of her desk gleams like the skin of an apple (or the inside of an Apple store); a single dictionary, its binding kissing the leftmost edge of a tissue box, keeps watch over an immaculately polished laptop."

Want to be more productive? Clean your desk. More creative? Trash it
http://qz.com/112520/want-to-be-more-productive-clean-your-desk-more-creative-trash-it/
"A neat, orderly workspace may encourage generosity and generally "good" behavior, but a messy desk will foster your creativity. While it's no surprise that keeping your pens lined up will make you a more efficient worker, a new study may be the first research to show that disorder can also have a positive influence on workplace behavior."

Messy desks in the office can actually lead employees to think more clearly, say researchers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2088359/Messy-desks-office-actually-lead-employees-think-clearly-say-researchers.html
"Managers and office busybodies might be keen on a clean desk - but it seems that in terms of productivity, they could have it all wrong."

The Unleashed Mind: Why Creative People Are Eccentric
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-unleashed-mind
"He is one of the world's best known and most successful entrepreneurs, with hundreds of patents to his name—including the Segway scooter."

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Left Brain/Right Brain Myth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE6VTvxkhFs
Does Birth Order Matter?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zw8_SQLZ-A
Ode To The Remote Control:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVW0G5k4w44&feature=c4-overview
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