Desk this direct manifestation

As the saying goes, "The big things are sloppy", this sentence tells us in the macro decision-making, we do not need to care for small. There is also an old saying that "a house does not sweep the world", which tells us that if we want to do something, we must start with the details.

In fact, these two words a little bit contradictory, and this contradiction is usually in our lives are reflected: in uncut repair, hygiene do not do, polite not to talk about these issues, we have been difficult to make a decision. And our views on this issue have a very direct form of expression-desk.

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, the most popular ad classification site in the United States, thinks that desks should be simple, orderly and small, and co-owner Peter Guber of the Los Angeles Dodgers (L.A Dodgers) prefers "crowding" with various souvenirs. Desk, and some people never work on the desk.

As a result, LinkedIn launched a "my desk-like" (View from my Desk) activity, showing us many "successful people" in the office environment, Business Insider selected some of the "classic cases." What does a successful person's desk look like? Let's get a glimpse of it.

1, The Huffington Post (Huffington Post) editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington

"Everything must be transparent. I can see the outside and the people outside can see the inside. There's a lot of stuff here, as you can see, I'm still piling up a lot of books here. ”

2. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark

"I have a big computer on my desk because almost all my work is done on the computer, so there is not much paper on the table," he said. You will find that I have some gadgets, such as the Homer Simpson model (the cartoon ' The Simpsons '), and my other character model Homer Simpson is on the verge of arriving. ”

3. Bankers Association, CEO of the American Association of Loan Banks (mortgage), David H. Stevens

"The decoration in my office is mainly to show my career and educational experience." ”

One of the things that made him proud was a thank-you note from Obama.

4. National Broadcasting Company Financial Channel (CNBC) senior analyst Herb Greenberg

"My desk was in the news studio, and when I started the show, I had little chance to sit down and go crazy when I didn't have to play the show, and there was no time for me to concentrate ... I have four computer screens and a TV on my desk, one of which shows the stock trend, the other is dedicated to sending and receiving mail, and the other two screens are full of pages. ”

5, Social game development company Kabam co-founder and CEO Kevin Chou

"It's easy to get distracted while sitting in an open environment, but it's convenient," he said. Above all, it symbolizes ' openness '. ”

6, Anderson Hollowitz Fund partner Jeff Jordan

"As you can see, I like light and color. My collection of all artworks and decorations are bought on top of the fab.com, then I am a favorite electrical business site (is also a portfolio company!). I was a basketball fan and when I left Disney the ESPN team sent me a Jordan jersey. ”

7, BP Capital and TBP Investment management company founder T. Boone Pickens

"I've been using this table since the 80 's, and billions of of dollars are flying around this table ... The display on my shoulder was a Bloomberg display terminal, and I was earning--and losing--billions of dollars ... Then, what you see is a messy table. ”

Well, that's more like it.

8, founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson

"It doesn't seem like it's working-no one here wears a suit and tie and everyone is happy to eat snacks." Work is not all equal to regular meetings and compact processes, and many amazing ideas are improvised, and the work environment is what you see in the photos. ”

That's a decent thing!

9. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner

"This is the back of my office in Mountain View, California, and I can see it when I walk the bike lanes on the shoreline alone," kings. I like to have a one-on-one meeting here. ”

Okay, it's messed up.

10, Sequoia Capital Chairman Michael Moritz

"Two computers, a mobile phone (no need for a landline), a small bottle of whisky to deal with all sorts of ' surprises ', a pile of secretly hidden dark chocolate (cocoa content 82%), a bottle of Pellegrino water, and two alarm clocks remind me from time--our work is an organic combination of art and science. ”

11, Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Peter Gube

"You see there is no desk in this office, only a round table and several equal chairs, and the table is filled with objects that are sent, made and broken ... I put it this way because the people I want to meet don't feel any sense of control or hierarchy, and the ' Vase characters ' on the table symbolize our diverse values and business scope. ”

12, Eddie European Company (IDEO) CEO Tim Brown

"Each ideoer a new desk every week – which means you never know who your co-workers are at the next table." This changing environment allows you to be motivated by co-workers in charge of other projects, and you never know which day you will sit next to me. ”

13, Hub Spot founder and CTO Hamish Shah

"At the Hub Spot, we don't need any representation of the position--especially the office. The more office, the more trouble, no office, no trouble. ”

14. Chegg.com chairman and CEO Daniel Rosensweig

"My right hand is the mascot of my alma mater--politician Bahot (the Hobart statesman), my left is a garage door, open it into the meeting mode." This garage door represents the origins of the best Silicon Valley companies and can make the office more useful-and fun. ”

15, the Bloomberg Asia-Pacific Television (Bloomberg TV) host Betty Liu

"Most of my programs are recorded on the stand-this can make the program energetic, and then I sit mostly at other times," he said. ”

16. reputation.com CEO Michael Fertik

"I'm twice as interested in standing in office because I like to wander around and talk to people involuntarily," he said. I know, I judge. And when I was standing, my colleagues were four times times more fond of running over and talking to me, asking questions or saying hello than when I was sitting. ”

17. Speaker, writer Gijs van Wulfen

"When you walk in here, you don't realize that this is an office, the people who come to see me have a feeling of coming home." Warm carpets make you feel more like living room, which makes me and my colleagues feel very relaxed. ”

18, "Bloomberg West" host Emily Chang

"In Bloomberg, everyone has no office, not even a CEO," he said. But everyone feels that using the Bloomberg Terminal Studio is a very ' high-end ' thing. When I first arrived I had no idea what the screen was for, but now I can't live without them. ”

19, Cvwarehouse founder Inge Geerdens

"When I'm on a business trip, the first thing I do when I walk into a hotel is to build a temporary office and create my own space." For the next few hours or days, this is the closest place I've been to my home and my most intimate space. ”

20, Beyond Philosophy founder and CEO Colin Shaw

"I like to work on airplanes, why?" First of all, when I was in our office in Atlanta or London, I was always meeting with the team. When I work at home, my wife always asks me to fix it! Nobody talks to me on the plane! My phone doesn't ring out from time to time, so I can think and write a little. ”

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