My friend Lyra mentioned to me that today is their cleaning day at work. I love 5S!
Apart from fancying all things and food Japanese, I admire them for coming up with this concept of organizing things and making your space conducive to working.
My workstation at USW
First let's go back a bit to what 5S means:
Seiri (整理): Sorting. Keeping only essential items. Everything else is stored or discarded.
Seiton (整頓): Simplifying. Arranging things in an order so that one can work freely.
Seisō (清掃): Sweeping or shining. This is self-explanatory.
Seiketsu (清潔): Standardizing or systematizing cleanliness.
Shitsuke (躾): Sustaining or maintaining the cleanliness of things.
Given that knowledge, that sense of obsession compulsion has been ingrained in me ever since I was in high school. Even until now in my workstation here in the office, I am always reminded of the belief that "a clean office is a happy office".
In movies and television, good examples of a posh and clean workplace are
Miranda Priestly's office in The Devil Wears Prada,
and the Meade Publications office in Ugly Betty.
Note to self: I should've really really pursued a career in the fashion magazine industry.
Now here's one more very neat and interesting office of a famous person.
This is the office of Martha Stewart in New York.
That's why we call her the maven of good housekeeping!
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