Johari Window

A self-awareness programme built around feedback, blind spots, and self-disclosure. Includes feedback-gathering exercises and reflection sequences.

What's inside

This collection uses the Johari Window as a practical framework for expanding self-awareness through feedback, self-disclosure, and blind spot discovery. The programme includes micro lessons, feedback-gathering exercises, reflection sequences, and disclosure experiments.

The programme covers four areas:

The Open Area — What's known to you and others. Expanding this area through deliberate sharing and feedback-seeking, and understanding why a larger open area builds trust and reduces misunderstanding.

The Blind Spot — What others see but you don't. Structured approaches to discovering your blind spots through feedback, including how to ask, how to receive, and how to act on what you learn.

The Hidden Area — What you know but others don't. The role of appropriate self-disclosure in building trust and authenticity, and understanding what holds you back from sharing.

The Unknown Area — What neither you nor others have discovered yet. Using new experiences, reflection, and experimentation to uncover patterns and capabilities you didn't know you had.

How to use this collection

As a self-awareness programme, deliver over six to eight weeks. The progression from open area through blind spots and hidden area to the unknown builds naturally, with each area requiring more courage than the last.

For feedback development, the Blind Spot section works as a standalone module for anyone who needs to get better at seeking and receiving feedback.

Paired with other frameworks — works well alongside Transactional Analysis for understanding interpersonal dynamics and Coaching Competency Self-Assessment for professional development.

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