I spent an enjoyable hour yesterday afternoon blitzing through a few piles of paperwork. This has become an annual ritual for me in the week before I leave to go on holiday. It is amazing how satisfying it is to decimate stacks of brochures, letters and other assorted marketing junk.
As a profession we do seem to have an unhealthy obsession with paper. A couple of years ago we made an effort to readdress our relationship with paper and I am pleased to report it was mostly successful. Rather than aim for - what we believe to be - the unrealistic goal of a ‘paperless’ office we decided we wanted ‘less paper’. This coincided with a need to archive ten years worth of client files to free up a whole floor of our offices. Since this concerted effort to cut down on the levels of paper we certainly feel more organised. The only paper files are active client files. Once an a...
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