"Clutter is Postponed Decisions®"

- Barbara Hemphill

Founder of Productive Environment Institute
(World renown organizational expert and author of the landmark book, Taming the Paper Tiger)

Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners:

  • Are you effectively keeping score with your daily productivity, both individually and as a team?

  • And even if you are, are you hitting the mark?

  • Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the challenge of organizing your office space?

  • Are you grappling with digital clutter, such as email overload and difficulty finding files due to unclear or inconsistent naming of them?


If you answered "yes" to any of these four questions, you need me.  

We're often told that money measures success…but you can’t make money without organization, prioritization and productivity.

That is, when you can keep score of your productivity effectively, you can take your earning power to new levels.  

There are many studies highlighting the inefficiencies and costs associated with poor organization and (wasted) time management in the workplace.  

Which always translates to financial losses for businesses.  

Your journey to optimal organization begins here with developing a personalized productivity scorecard. Let me guide you through the transformational process, mastering the chaos in your office and/or digital space, ultimately leading to a life-changing transformation


Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners:

Are you overwhelmed with piles of paper, a disorganized office, and feel like you have no time?

Are you ready to go from Overwhelmed to Optimized?


Your path to optimal organization begins here.


Do you spend valuable time each day looking for paper and computer files you need to accomplish your work?


As a Certified Productive Environment Specialist™, I help Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners increase productivity in 90 days or less so they can go from overwhelmed to optimized and make more money without disorganization and overwhelm.


Carla Zwaan
Certified Productive Environment Specialist™

"Carla Zwaan is a magician, without secret potions or formulas. Her magic comes naturally when she perpetually creates order from chaos...and creates "more order from order."

And she does it with ease...well, she makes it look easy...because of her training, her experience...and her certification as a CPES (Certified Productive Environment Specialist).

But that's not all.

She is the complete package by adding a pleasant and winning personality, a "customer is always right mindset"...and a work ethic second to none. I've seen all of this from a front row seat. She has worked for me for eight years, helping me build a successful seven figure business...and I'd be lost without her.

You will never find a better person to transform your business...or your life."

-Brian Kurtz, Titans Marketing, Westport CT


"I have accumulated a lot of paper over the past 30 years. Carla said she could organize my stuff in a day, and I laughed at her. I told her, in a month, maybe. But there’s no way you’ll be able to do it in a day.

And yet, by the end of the day we had purged, filed and organized about 80% of the stuff! My assistant filed the rest of it, and we now have a fool-proof system where we can find and access any file in seconds.

I’m truly amazed. I didn’t realize how much all the clutter was slowing me down. I’ve already become more productive."

-Parris Lampropoulos, Milford, CT

"To say that Carla Zwaan worked a miracle in less than 8 hours may sound dramatic, but honestly that’s how it feels! I recently started working for a highly creative business owner/marketing consultant who had over 3 decades worth of documents that needed some serious organizing and purging. And for someone who is easily distracted and doesn’t like to part with his paper, I knew we had quite a project ahead of us! Splitting our time between working from his home and office, his dining room table had become a catch all for files and paperwork, too. Our goal was to reclaim this personal space and create an organizational system for all paper files and documents at the office.

Carla is amazing! She was so prepared, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. After doing a thorough interview with us to learn about our specific challenges, we had a FaceTime call with her so she could see the home and office environment, file cabinets, bins and stacks of paper.

Then she made us a promise. After the office transformation was complete, the house would be completely cleared of paperwork, we would have a solid system in place that would allow us to find any document in seconds and we would know exactly what to do with all new items that came in, in real-time. I was excited and also a bit skeptical that we would be able to make any real progress in a short amount of time. Boy, was I wrong!

Carla 100% delivered on that promise. The house was cleared of paper in a couple of hours and the new process we have in place at the office has already made a world of difference! Her system is comprehensive, easy to follow and effortless to maintain. Now that I’m not wasting time searching for documents, I’m able to be so much more efficient and get more done.

If you’re drowning in paper and need the solution to once and for all get and stay organized, I highly recommend that you call Carla ASAP! You will not regret it!"

-Cindy Fox, Assistant to Parris Lampropoulos, Milford, CT

Our Systems

Created to increase productivity without feeling overwhelmed

The Art of Wastebasketry®

It’s time to clear the clutter! Learn how to make decisions on what to keep and what to toss. Change your mindset when it comes to that feeling of having to keep everything that crosses your desk.


The File-Act-Toss System™

The difference between paper shuffling and paper management is decision making. We teach you how to implement this system, saving you time, energy and money.


The Productive Environment Finding System™

Like Google for your paper documents! We teach you how to make filing the least labor intensive, yet most reliable for finding the information you need, when you need it.


Boost your Productivity

Set up an environment and systems that empower you to do more.

Our premier 9-Step System was created to help you increase productivity in 90 days or less.


As a Certified Productive Environment Specialist™, my passion is helping you grow and operate your business without disorganization and overwhelm.


In 90 days or less, I will have you on your way to not only being productive, but staying productive!

Start on your path to increased productivity today.


I give you the tools to be consistent, confident, and in control of your business so you can accomplish your work and enjoy your life.


First, get your Productive Environment Score, then you'll also receive immediate access to our exclusive Office Transformation Blueprint™ so you can take action right away!

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