Johari Window · model of interpersonal awareness
A four-quadrant model organizing what is known or unknown to yourself and to others.
The established model
Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham introduced the Johari Window in 1955. Its quadrants are open, blind, hidden, and unknown: what we both know, what others see that I don't, what I know but haven't revealed, and what neither of us yet knows. Read about the established model.
How I use the lens
I consider one topic from my perspective and three other perspectives. The Bird Brains give those perspectives a recognizable visual form. My questions remain:
Bird | Question |
|---|---|
Eagle | What is? |
Parrot | What if? |
Owl | What now? |
Hummingbird | What next? |
When I want another perspective, I can call upon a Bird Brain advisory board in my own mind:
Eagle: someone who shares my strengths and sees the topic from familiar, shared ground.
Parrot: someone whose different knowledge and perspective can reveal what I cannot see and explain why I might be wrong.
Owl: someone who knows more about what I know and can falsify my premise if it is faulty. Shared foundational knowledge lets us interrogate my inklings in detail.
The purpose is to discover whether another perspective changes my understanding. The categories let me take a Neuroselfie of what is true in this moment, including what is visible and available for me to choose. First I need to know whether I am the Chooser.
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