SAN DIEGO -- Jay Scovie thought he knew how to deal with the latest mandate from corporate: He swept the clutter from his messy desk into boxes and tossed them in a closet. But the 5S cop was on ...

Let’s explore five… The 5 Unexpected Benefits of Neatness and a Tidy Home. Keeping a home in shape is a part-time job. No, really! Many people spend almost 20 hours a week cooking, cleaning ...

Your article on the 5S doctrine ("Neatness Counts at Kyocera and at Others in the 5S Club," page one, Oct. 27) is the funniest thing I have read in the Journal in weeks. Apparently, management ...

Who can forget Felix Unger, that self-confessed fussbudget in The Odd Couple, fretting over the cigar butts in Oscar’s ashtrays, his footprints in the kitchen, his slamming and banging that r… ...

Neatness is not a virtue. By JIM JONES Nov 8, 2005. I don't want to take sides in this debate but is there anyone more annoying than neat organized people (NOPs)?

There’s a general assumption–in homes, in workplaces–that neatness corresponds to productivity. It begins in elementary school, with the annual rite of buying school supplies. You have the ...

Canada has its own group of neatness gurus, some of whom are acolytes of the Japanese phenomenon, while others predate her rise entirely. Toronto’s Ivanka Siolkowsky started her career as a ...