Johari window

4. • A four paned "window," dividing personal
awareness into four different types
• as represented by its four quadrants:
open, hidden, blind, and unknown.
• The lines dividing the four panes are
like window shades, which can move as
an interaction progresses.

5. • Known to Self Not Known to Self
• Known to Others
• Not Known to Others
OPEN BLIND
HIDDEN UNKNOWN

6. Open
• 1. The "open" quadrant
represents things that both I
know about myself, and that you
know about me

7. Blind
• 2. The "blind" quadrant
represents things that you know
about me, but that I am
unaware of

8. Hidden
• 3. The "hidden" quadrant
represents things that I know
about myself, that you do not
know

9. Unknown
• 4. The "unknown" quadrant
represents things that neither
I know about myself, nor you
know about me

10. • One way of enlarging the open
quadrant is through self-
disclosure,
• A give and take process between
me and the people I interact with.
• As I share something about myself
(I move information from my hidden
quadrant into the open)

11. Open
Self Disclosure
Blind
Unknown
Hidden

12. • If the other party is interested
in getting to know me, they will
reciprocate, by similarly
disclosing information in their
hidden quadrant

13. • We also gain knowledge about
ourselves by receiving feedback
from others this enables me to
learn more about aspect of myself
that I am unaware of and therefore
moving information from my BLIND
quadrant into the OPEN.

14. • As I share more and gain more information
about myself I begin to gain insights through
introspection about aspects of myself that
both I and others were unaware of, things
like impulses that drive us, motives and
instincts, those less tangible things that we
just accept but haven’t given much thought to.
These insights help move information from
the unknown quadrant into the OPEN