Work Clean: The Life-Changing Power of Mise-En-Place to Organize Your Life, Work, and Mind

By Dan Charnas

Book Overview

The first organizational book inspired by the culinary world, taking mise-en-place outside the kitchen. Every day, chefs across the globe churn out enormous amounts of high-quality work with efficiency using a system called mise-en-place --a French culinary term that means "putting in place" and signifies an entire lifestyle of readiness and engagement. In Work Clean, Dan Charnas reveals how to apply mise-en-place outside the kitchen, in any kind of work. Culled from dozens of interviews with culinary professionals and executives, including world-renowned chefs like Thomas Keller and Alfred Portale, this essential guide offers a simple system to focus your actions and accomplish your work. Charnas spells out the 10 major principles of mise-en-place for chefs and non chefs alike: (1) planning is prime; (2) arranging spaces and perfecting movements; (3) cleaning as you go; (4) making first moves; (5) finishing actions; (6) slowing down to speed up; (7) call and callback; (8) open ears and eyes; (9) inspect and correct; (10) total utilization. This journey into the world of chefs and cooks shows you how each principle works in the kitchen, office, home, and virtually any other setting.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623365929
• ISBN13: 9781623365929
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.7"