Johari Window

The Johari Window splits what is known about you into four squares. Open, what you know about yourself and others see too. Hidden, what you know and keep back. Blind, what others see that you cannot. Unknown, what nobody has found yet, including you. It was built in 1955 by two American psychologists, Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham, at a summer workshop in California. The name is their two first names pushed together, which is worth knowing because it stops you looking for a deeper meaning in it. The model says you grow the Open square two ways. You disclose, which moves things out of Hidden, and you ask for feedback, which moves things out of Blind. Both are uncomfortable, in different ways and for different people. Filling it in alone gets you the first two squares honestly, and a guess at the third. If you want Blind filled in properly, that is what the 360 tool here is for. The Unknown square is the one people skip. Give it a minute. Things you have never tested, situations you have never been in. Most of what you would learn about yourself under real pressure lives there. Use it before a new role, a new team, or a conversation you have been putting off.