In the corporate environment we are encouraged to be efficient and have our work in order. But what if being a little messy made you a better employee? That’s the idea in the new book Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives , by Tim Harford, a senior columnist at the Financial Times . “There is always a gap between how things look very nice and neat and tidy on the spreadsheet … but seem very different when at ground level,” says Harford, who is also a host of a BBC Radio 4 show called More Or Less. “What may look messy in theory may actually work very well in practice.” Harford offered his unconventional views on the Knowledge at Wharton show  on Wharton Business Radio on SiriusXM channel 111   An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Knowledge at Wharton: Do you get questioning looks from people as to why they would want to have mess in their lives?…