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If you have identified the factors at play in a particular situation (using techniques such as force-field analysis or cause-and-effect mapping), it can be useful to separate these factors into things you can...
Control: Things you can affect and change directly by your own actions
Influence: Things you can affect and change indirectly by persuading others to actÂ
Accommodate: Things you cannot affect or change and so you have to find a way to adapt or respond to them
This can help you to formulate future actions and learning goals.
Once you have categorised the factors into each circle, spend some time exploring how your assumptions could be wrong (limiting beliefs). What would it take to move a factor from one circle to another?
What might cause you to gain or lose control?
What actions are under your direct control that could lead to increased influence or increased ability to adapt?
What actions or changes in circumstances could increase or decrease your influence on others?
How could you influence others to give you more direct control or to increase your ability to adapt?
How might you improve or handicap your ability to adapt?
This concept was originally developed by Steven Covey but the version here is based on an elaboration by Thompson & Thompson.
Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People: Revised and Updated: 30th Anniversary Edition (Reissue edition). Simon & Schuster UK.
Thompson, S., & Thompson, N. (2008). The Critically Reflective Practitioner (2008 edition). Palgrave.
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