On my drive into work today I was riddled with anxiety about what I had to do today and what I’d left behind. It’s year end closing — anything missed will have an impact on systems and processes. Today, more than any other day, is about dependencies, about handing off perfection to the next person who builds on that has to hand off their own perfection to accounting and ERP.
I tried to get everything finished but some things just had to wait. Before I left on Friday, I organized.
In my reference organizer was not only my to-do’s but my how-to-do’s. My stationmate with pocketfiles, allowed me to visualize each of the tasks for today. And at the end of the day, when everything is completed, my files will be placed in color coded PortaFile File Boxes, just ready for the asking.
I am not always this organized but it’s a good start to the New Year, I think.
We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re there now. You’re squeezed into Mini-Cubicle Corner in the dimly lit outer realms of the office, not far from the restrooms. With waist-high cubicle walls and just enough space on your desk for a laptop and a cup of coffee, you don’t have a file cabinet. You have a single file drawer that was overflowing after a month on the job, along with a few crusty old boxes.
Each morning, you gaze longingly from afar at the senior staff, who reside in the luxurious Penthouse Cubicles along the wall of windows. These cubicles, just a few steps from the printer and vending machines, have six-foot-high walls, extra lighting, spacious desktops, coat racks, high back chairs and massive filing cabinets that are three levels high. Read More
As today’s gadgets become smaller, sleeker and more portable, there’s one piece of office technology that’s trending in the opposite direction… the desktop monitor. Bigger is still better. Not those clunky box-shaped monitors from the 90’s that were as ugly as they were heavy and bulky, but the posh flat screen LCD monitors with color that pops off the screen.
Just like you want a 55-inch LCD TV in your family room, you want a super-sized monitor on your desk at work. And just like you can hang your big screen TV on the wall, you can use our Outpost Monitor Arm to keep a firm grip on your monitor, save desk space and create more sight lines. Read More
