Kairology

The principle and purpose of Kairos Development (Kairology^®) is to make timely interventions, and for people to make timely organisation and personal changes that count for themselves and for others. It’s a critical intersection point, when opportunity and action meet. It’s a time of accomplishment, a favourable moment for action, for both personal satisfaction and effectiveness, and for business bottom line!

Time is our driver in work and in life. Most people are dominated by linear or chronological time, in Greek, chronos. This is the time that drives and dictates our diaries, watches, deadlines and plans. There is another kind of time in Greek called kairos. This is time that cannot be measured, time that works in a different way. It is a time we sense when we are not driven by the clock. This is often the time where space to develop and transform ways of thinking and performing become the norm.

Kairos is an appointed time, the right time, for a happening or an intervention. It is also known as the ‘time between’ - a brief moment to grasp an opportunity that may be available only once! 

The meaning of Kairos is also associated with life seasons, and with adolescence moving into maturity - seen as the ‘kairos’ of existence; time where the possibility to build the dignity of human nature has it’s beginning.

Meaningful life and relationships need both chronos and kairos.

Kairology – time for personal growth is a book that explores how we take the opportunity to develop and grow at the right moment. The book is an inspirational journey for personal growth in an easy-read format related to the traditional playing card deck. Hearts is ‘passion’, clubs is ‘people’, spades is ‘purpose’, and diamonds is ‘potential’. The book was launched in June 2008. It is being followed by a full coaching card programme by Kairos Coaching Cards, due on the market in early 2009, initially on-line and later in hard copy.