{"id":4,"date":"2016-07-21T15:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T19:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/krt4\/?p=4"},"modified":"2016-07-21T15:38:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T19:38:32","slug":"johari-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/krt4\/communication\/johari-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Johari Window"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is it?<\/h2>\n

The Johari Window<\/a> is a visual depiction of what we and others know and don’t know about us. \u00a0A classic four-square grid, it has two categories on each axis. \u00a0Along one side are those things that are known to us or known to others. \u00a0Along the other side are things that are know to ourselves or not known to ourselves.<\/p>\n

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What good is it?<\/h2>\n

It raises our awareness about how much we know both of ourselves and of each other. \u00a0We can easily reach the conclusion that we know what is going on with other people. \u00a0But there is a whole world of things that that person knows and that we don’t know. \u00a0Being aware of our limitations of how much we know about other people can encourage us to be curious and ask more about what is going on with the other person. \u00a0Or in some circumstances it may be helpful to know that they may have some secrets (about a health condition, for instance, or about a personal challenge) they may never tell us.<\/p>\n

It’s similarly helpful to know that we have blind spots, and therefore it is valuable to know what other people see about us. \u00a0The story\u00a0The Emperor’s New Clothes<\/a><\/span> is a story about how everyone else knew something that the Emperor himself didn’t know: specifically, that he wasn’t wearing anything. \u00a0To avoid the emperor’s embarrassing fate, we have to value the feedback others give us, even when it is unflattering and shows us parts of ourselves we’d rather not look at. \u00a0If we’re brave enough, we may be able to proactively ask others to give us the feedback we need to be our best.<\/p>\n

Questions to Consider<\/h2>\n
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  1. Have you ever had to point out a blind spot in a coworker, boss, or supervisee? \u00a0How did that go? \u00a0What would you do differently?<\/li>\n
  2. Have you ever been in a situation where you were the last to know about a blind spot you had?<\/li>\n
  3. If you were to keep in mind the Johari window the next time you had a difficult interaction with a colleague, what would you do differently?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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