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Gain a new perspective with our Johari window example

Whether you’re looking in the mirror or around the table, you’ll need to understand your blind spots to build perspective. See your group—and yourself—in a new light with FigJam’s Johari window model.

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Johari window example

Peer into this collaborative template to see behind facades, gaze upon the unknowns, and build self-awareness.

Take off the blinders

With the Johari window, working together doesn’t have to be a pane. Learn about yourself, share open feedback, and create a collaborative culture through enhanced clarity.

Learn each other’s quirks: Help group members understand themselves and each other for smoother collaboration through personal development to build a better interpersonal relationship.

Inspire your team’s potential: Encourage individuals to look beyond their known skillsets and experiences toward new possibilities to gain more interpersonal awareness.

Provide tailored feedback: Understand team members’ blind spots to provide useful feedback specific to each individual.

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Hold up a mirror for each other

FigJam templates make it easy to build a culture based on transparency and self-reflection through past experiences and group development. With shared workspaces and Community-built widgets like Lil Notes, Emoji, and Alignment Scale, personal discovery becomes a team journey.

Throw open the window of opportunity 

See your strengths and weaknesses and enhance your emotional intelligence with the Johari window example. Then, turn your sights on Community templates for non-stop collaboration.

FAQs

A psychological matrix designed by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingram in the 1950s, the Johari window model helps people understand how they are perceived by themselves and others. With four quadrants that hold information like personality traits, feelings, skills, and perspectives, Johari (Joe + Harry) windows attempt to clarify what’s front and center—and what’s behind a facade.

So what does Johari window show us? Johari windows reveal personal information known only to outsiders, information that’s only known to insiders, and information hidden from everyone’s purview. Johari window model examples emphasize an objective view of the person or the group that applies to various contexts—from the professional to the personal- to gain a mutual understanding and to promote personal growth and communication skills.

To make this revelatory diagram, meet your team on our example of Johari window and begin to fill in the following four quadrants:

Open arena – This information is known to you and others, compromising the majority of your communications. A larger open arena leads to more effective and authentic communication.

Blind area– This area is known to others but not to yourself. Soliciting feedback based on the Johari window activity can minimize your blind spot.

Hidden area or facade – Known to you but not to others, the information in your facade quadrant contains secret motivations, fears, and concerns.

Unknown area – Unknown to you and unknown to others, this rich area of the Johari’s window example contains information you might discover through new experiences.

Whether you’re seeking stronger relationships in the workplace or in your personal life, the Johari window activity can provide you with the tools to increase your self-awareness and become a stronger communicator. Johari window exercise examples can shine a light on the characteristics you’d like to develop and the impact of your behaviors. They can also reveal crucial blind spots—perceptions you’re not aware of or efforts that have gone unseen.

Turn to a Johari window exercise example before your next group project, presentation, or collaborative venture to see how you can bring your best self out into the open.

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