The Johari window (Interesting that the name Johari is actually based on the creators FIRST names psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, back in 1955) is used to help individuals understand each other. Their window is made up of four segments:
1. What is known to me but not to others
2. What is known to others but not to me
3. What is known to me as well as others
4. What neither one of us know i.e., a collective ignorance
Developing a more close-knit organizational culture, begins with co-workers bonding over various things. Many of these things have nothing to do with work, but are of common interests. The more we know about each other, the more connection points we create bonds with people of different demographics and peer groups. This helps create and foster a stronger culture.
There are exercises that can help move the ignorance of what is known to that which is known. This is what we will explore with your discussion group:
