{"product_id":"time-by-design-dawna-i-ballard-9780262552707","title":"Time by Design: How Communicating Slow Allows Us to Go Fast","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow effective individuals, teams, and organizations routinely communicate slow to go fast, and how time as a feature of human experience can actually be \u003ci\u003edesigned\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeed in collective action, like teamwork or organizing, is never simply a time-based issue. While conventional theory relies on time-based interventions to achieve speed, this approach typically fails. In \u003ci\u003eTime by Design, \u003c\/i\u003eDawna Ballard shows how speed is actually a function of the relationship between time and communication, or chronemics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBallard identifies two communication design logics--fast and slow--that reflect contrasting beliefs about how communication works to support urgent, time-sensitive work demands. Fast communication design logics are linear, short-term in orientation, and treat time in interaction as transactional. Slow communication design logics are nonlinear, long-term in orientation, and treat time in interaction as transcendent. Given these distinct approaches, the book offers a practical toolkit that shows the reader how the two chronemic designs can be used in complementary fashion--and how effective teams, communities, and organizations routinely communicate slow to go fast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dawna I. Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262552701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262552707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Dawna I. Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47039750406399,"sku":"9780262552707","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57db6418-95e4-422e-87a6-3fe5d3c77c3d.jpg?v=1752752450","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-by-design-dawna-i-ballard-9780262552707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}