Using the concept of ‘time’ as a lens, this paper explores anorganisational change project in order to compare different world views thatmight affect project delivery. Observations which have time as a centralelement in their construction are reported from a case study involving actionresearch. The paper explores some apparent dissonances observed around thesocial experience of time: future and past orientation; organisational andprofessional and personal constructs; ‘clock time’ or chronos, in comparisonwith the qualitative time concept, kairos. Recommendations are made withrespect to time for management of change as a project.