Polychronic

Inc. Magazine has an article on Time Management. It talks about corporate rythm(s). Some companies are monochronic, 9-5 M-F, some are polychronic. My company is very much a polychronic company. There are multiple rhythms in different periodicies. Time zones differences between our international offices dictates the daily rhythm. Different holiday schedules between countries dictates the annual or monthly rhythm. In the local office, some of our key developers have different work at home days for family support. That dictates our weekly rhythm. We have flexible hours during the day and it affects our daily rhythm. Is polychrony a good thing? It should encourage flexibility in work and thinking, promotes creative thinking and innovation. However we need to have polychron's working for us, people who are adaptive or thrive in a polychronic environment.

Read more from a Rutgers University study: TIME MANAGEMENT AND POLYCHRONICITY...