About Camilla Kring
Camilla Kring, PhD, is an engineer, author, and time activist who believes that true high performance starts with understanding our circadian and social rhythms.
For more than 20 years, she has worked with global companies across 17 countries to design flexible work cultures where people are empowered to work in ways that align with their chronotype, energy, and family rhythms.
For more than 20 years, she has worked with global companies across 17 countries to design flexible work cultures where people are empowered to work in ways that align with their chronotype, energy, and family rhythms.
When leaders understand the science of circadian rhythms and biological diversity, they unlock healthier, more creative, and high-performing teams.
Camilla is the author of six books, a TEDx speaker, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, BBC, and The Guardian.
Camilla is the author of six books, a TEDx speaker, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, BBC, and The Guardian.
My Story
I have a master’s degree in Technical Physics and Management and a PhD in Work-Life Balance from the Technical University of Denmark.
In 2005, I founded Super Navigators, a consulting firm built on a simple idea: that flexibility and human rhythm are key to both performance and well-being. My passion is to give people concrete tools to navigate flexible work and life — and to help organizations design workplaces where productivity and quality of life can coexist.
My fascination with time began during my PhD research, when I spent three months in Beijing. There, I visited the Drum Tower (Gulou), built in 1272, where time was once measured in drumbeats — 24 rhythmic signals marking the hours of the day. In the West, we measured time with bells. Bells told people when to work, eat, and rest.
That experience made me wonder:
- Who holds the power over time?
- Why are our social rhythms still shaped by centuries-old systems?
In 2003, British researcher Simon N. Archer discovered the Per3 gene, linked to whether you are a morning or evening person. It was my introduction to chronobiology, the science of biological rhythms — and it changed everything. I finally had a language for my own rhythm. I’m a late chronotype: most alert in the afternoon and evening.
This insight sparked a question that still drives my work today:
- Why are schools and workplaces designed for early risers when most people are not?
In 2006, I founded B-Society, a community advocating for fairer, more flexible time structures – and for the right to live in sync with one’s natural rhythm. B-Society has members in over 50 countries. My vision is a world where all chronotypes have equal opportunities to thrive – in health, education, and work.
I believe we must build a society that allows people to organize their days in ways that support both their circadian rhythm and their family rhythm. Because when we find our rhythm, we perform better – with more energy, flow, and authenticity.
It’s time to say goodbye to the old rhythms of agricultural and industrial society and to create the sustainable rhythms of the future.