Temporal intelligence is the ability to understand systems as unfolding processes rather than static structures. Most systems are described as things: products, organizations, platforms, strategies. But what we actually experience are patterns changing over time. Events occur. States evolve. Behaviors repeat. Relationships strengthen or weaken. Knowledge accumulates. Temporal intelligence is the practice of designing with those dynamics in mind. It focuses on how change unfolds, how patterns emerge, how decisions create future conditions, and how systems accumulate history. The goal is not prediction. It is designing systems that remain coherent as they evolve.