43% of Americans categorize themselves as disorganized, and 21% have missed vital work deadlines. Nearly half say

disorganization causes them to work late at least 2 or times each week.

Jane Von Bergen, "So many reasons to neaten up..." Boston Globe 3/12/2006

Esselte survey, David Lewis

Open screens on desktops, files on the desk, and coworkers all distracted

workers so that only 55% of work was resumed immediately. Productivity in

the business sector has been increasing by only 3% since 2000.

Herman Miller Inc., "The Siren Song of Multitasking," 2007

In surveying 1000 middle managers of large companies in the U.S. and U.K.,

59% miss important information almost

every day because it exists within thecompany but they cannot find it.

Accenture, Wall Street Journal, 5/14/2007

15% of all paper handled in businesses is lost, according the Delphi Group, a

Boston consultancy, and 30 percent of all employees' time is spent trying to

find lost documents.

Jane M. Von Bergen (Knight RidderNewspapers), The Boston Globe,

3/21/2006

Executives waste six weeks per year searching for lost documents.

From a survey of 2,600 executives by Esselte, maker of Pendaflex and Dymo,

FastCompany Magazine, 8/2004

White collar workers waste an average of 40% of their workday. Not because they aren't smart, but because they

were never taught organizational skills to cope with the increasing workloads

and demands.

- Wall Street Journal