As time passes it looks to me clearer and clearer IT is reinventing a huge number of wheels and they all end up less than round.
An organizational leader (head of X, Director, group manager, project manager, team leader, etc) must be neat, tidy, organized. What a shocker, right? But take a loot at your superior's computer screen at work. 278 files right there on the desktop. Many of which have (1), (2) or even (3) in the name. How many unread notifications in his bar? How many tabs opened in his browser for weeks/months?
I'm a Director (of software engineering, not the cool kind who directs movies). I keep no important files on my desktop (usually stupid screenshots to be shared, or quick notes for myself). My email inbox has zero unread messages. I have no unread Slack messages. My directory structure has basically been unchanged since 2002. I backup my files regularly to "the cloud" and to a local drive on my desk. My source code, and some notes, are all in a distributed version-control system (ok, we all know it's Git). I keep our internal Wiki up-to-date as I delete, or archive, items that have become irrelevant or misleading. Some of us aren't as you have stated.
Now, my physical desk at home is a friggin' mess. I need a larger one.
An organizational leader (head of X, Director, group manager, project manager, team leader, etc) must be neat, tidy, organized. What a shocker, right? But take a loot at your superior's computer screen at work. 278 files right there on the desktop. Many of which have (1), (2) or even (3) in the name. How many unread notifications in his bar? How many tabs opened in his browser for weeks/months?
We're agile thought, right?