DISC is a family of patterns of four terms respectively beginning by D, I, S, and C.
The DISC patterns can help personal coaching, but not only.
The original DISC pattern was published in 1928 in William Moulton Marston's book Emotions of Normal People [1a].
Since then, the original pattern has been diversely interpretated [1c].
Below is a sample of three interpretations, along with Marston's original pattern.
To find the answer, you are invited to click on the buttons.
For "Dominance, Inducement, Submission, Compliance", who is the author (owner) :
For "Directive, Interactive, Supportive, Corrective", who is the author / owner :
For "Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness", who is the author / owner :
For "Delegate, Influence, Support, Command", who is the author / owner :
The wording pattern is associated to a coloring pattern [8a][8b]
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[1a] Emotions of Normal People, William Moulton Marston, Andesite Press (réédition)
[1b] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Moulton_Marston
[1c] Droit d'auteur, effet des "70 ans" : le cas DISC, X-Propriété-Intellectuelle, sept 2020
[3] https://www.everythingdisc.co.uk/
[4] http://www.geierlearning.com
[6] Disc patterns, L'entreprise numérique créative (post in French)
[7] 5ème IT innovation Forum : le digital à l’honneur, Tristan Karache, iTpro.fr, 30 janvier 2015 (post in French)
[8a] DISC coloring patterns, L'entreprise numérique créative
[8b] A genuine interpretation of DISC : DISC Governance, Gouvernance numérique de l'entreprise numérique créative