From disruption to direction — one word at a time
Choose the primary word that most resonates
Select the states that are compounding your experience
For leaders, solopreneurs, coaches, facilitators, and people navigating transition, friction, or unresolved ‘Dis’ states in their professional or personal lives.
The 'Dis' to THIS™ framework maps the landscape of human disconnection — the invisible states that quietly erode our sense of self, belonging, and purpose.
Every 'Dis'-state is a signal, not a sentence. A wound that, when named, begins to lose its power. This game invites you to name what you carry, blend it into language, and find the pathway through.
The Core 9 are the foundational disruption signals. The 12 Additional ‘Dis’ Modifiers are the layers and textures that compound them. Together, they create a precise vocabulary for experiences too often left unnamed.
Executive Coach · Strategic Facilitator
Antoinette Dawson spent years training, coaching and observing brilliant professionals struggle to articulate what was “off” — not only with their mindset, skills-building, bandwidth & capacity, interpersonal conflict and professional growth, but with something deeper and harder to name.
After working through innumerable frameworks — Immunity to Change, CliftonStrengths, The 5 Dysfunctions, Hogan’s Lead, Predictive Index, MBTI, DISC, Enneagram, Crucial Conversations, and more — and still finding gaps in the language available to her clients, she built her own.
The ‘Dis’ to THIS™ framework was born from conference rooms, Zoom calls, boardrooms, group/team coaching and late-night voice notes. Built from applied behavior & real human-centric engagements — not textbooks or certifications.
Today Antoinette works with leaders, teams, and organizations navigating the unnamed states that keep capable people stuck. Her work sits at the intersection of executive coaching, strategic facilitation, and organizational culture.
‘Dis’ruption to Direction emerged, along with “a pattern unnamed is a pattern unchanged.”
That’s the origin story of ‘Dis’ to THIS™.
The ‘Dis’ to THIS™ framework has been shaped, tested, and refined by a diverse group of professionals across industries, disciplines, and lived experiences. They bring it to life in the contexts that matter most.
For leaders, solopreneurs, coaches, facilitators, and people navigating transition, friction, or unresolved ‘Dis’ states in their professional or personal lives.