Temporal Fractals
When planning horizons nest fractally—daily work feeding weekly sprints feeding quarterly OKRs feeding annual strategy—organizations achieve 47% higher revenue growth than short-term-focused peers.
Beyond spatial fractals, self-similarity manifests across time scales in how processes unfold temporally. Career development, business cycles, product development, and organizational life cycles all exhibit nested temporal stages where each stage contains miniature versions of the whole arc.
Business Application of Temporal Fractals
Organizations that align planning horizons fractally (daily standups → weekly sprints → quarterly OKRs → annual strategy → 5-year vision) exhibit greater coherence. Temporal fractal pathologies include temporal myopia (over-optimizing short-term), temporal neglect (ignoring execution), and fractal mismatch (misaligned planning cycles).