680News - Lisa Brandt

Fascinating little item in The Globe and Mail today about decorating one’s workspace.

An image consultant says adding a plant or some artwork by your kids will humanize you and show that you have a life outside of work. But you can take it too far! Remember Mimi Bobeck on the Drew Carey Show and her endless parade of desk trolls?

Here at 680News, many of us do not have a workstation of our own. We anchors, for example, share our computer spaces in and out of the control room with other anchors. What is ours, is a locker, and some of us use the outside as a personal expression, with photos, captions and cartoons taped on. Me? I only have a psychedelic combination lock!

It’s really not appropriate for any of us to decorate the control room with something personal because we all share the space. Occasionally, someone will pin up a picture or a cartoon but it tends not to last very long because whoever is occupying the space in the moment OWNS the space! A personal effect is almost an intrusion on the public area. It’s an interesting phenomenon I’ve seen played out in other places where people have attempted to personalize common areas.

Now that most of us have cellphones that are photo-capable and easily accessible web-based albums, it seems to me it’s not as important as it used to be, to keep actual photos of your loved ones around. But maybe I only think that way because I don’t have my own cubicle. Feel free to tell me differently!

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