Call it like you see it. Our Point of View is funneled through a keen sense of context, and just as we’re not afraid to think outside the box, we don’t shy away from speaking our mind.

ROI at Work >

This dude was sighted by one of our Boston clients, who pulled over on the highway to snap this shot. Why? Because he thought the man’s determination, muscularity, and focus embodied much of what ROI Ventures stands for. We don’t know who this guy is, but if we ever find out, we’ll invite him in to share a beer and talk about… that shirt.

Chronos and Kairos >

The ancient Greeks had two words for time: chronos and kairos. The former refers to chronological or sequential time; the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of undetermined duration in which something special happens. While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative nature. Chronos is generally understood to be rapid and predictable, kairos is far slower, dependent on a state of ‘readiness’ which is unpredictable. The trick for many of our clients is to figure out how to juxtapose these two concepts of time in a single frame. Success depends in part upon flawless execution along an urgent, rapid trajectory. But real change—social transformation—depends as much on an understanding of readiness, requiring patience, a capacity for deliberation, and a subtle grasp of the qualitative and unpredictable trajectory of human development and normative shifts. Something very unusual and magical happens when an organization contains a deep and respectful understanding of both concepts of time.

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