Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction 1

1 Sequence 25

2 Temporal Punctuation 47

3 Interval and Duration 79

4 Rate 109

5 Shape 129

6 Polyphony 155

7 Using the Lenses: The Timing of Dissent 191

8 A Timing Analysis: Seven Steps 215

Coda: Re-Imaging the World 239

Appendix: Temporal Architecture: Concept and Field of Inquiry 247

Notes 249

Acknowledgments 263

About the Author 267

Index 269

About the Author

Stuart Albert is one of the foremost timing experts in the world. He is professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard and at M.I.T. The developer of a practical, research-based method for managing timing in business, Albert has worked with small and medium-sized companies, as well as large multi-nationals, to help executives better decide and manage issues of timing. His patent on the interpretation of movement in time was featured in the New York Times.