Johari Window - How do I apply it in Agile Transformation?

Introduction

Johari window as a concept comes from the study done by psychologists Joseph Luft (1916–2014) and Harrington Ingham (1916–1995)in 1955, and is used primarily in self-help groups and corporate settings as a heuristic exercise

WHAT is JOHARI Window?

Johari window is a 4 tiled grid which has "Self" on X Axis and "OTHER PEOPLE "on the Y Axis. The matrix works on the premise How much do we know about ourselves and How much do OTHER PEOPLE Know about us?

• Quadrant 1 : Open (known to us, known to others)
• Quadrant 2 : Hidden (known to us, unknown to others)
• Quadrant 3 : Blind (unknown to us, known to others)
• Quadrant 4 : Unknown (unknown to us, unknown to others)

The below table summarizes the example when JOHARI window os used for Personal Coaching

JOHARI Window - Contextualize To Agile Transformation

As Agile Coaches, we can leverage this tool in our Transformation by capturing information about the engagement in the grid below. We need to apply few Identification Techniques as Coaches to find out the Hidden & the Blind Spots in the engagement.

Below table is an indicative information which gets populated while using this tool

End Note

Johari window is a very powerful tool which can be leveraged by Agile coaches in first identifying the Blind Spots and then leveraging Coaching tools to expand the Open area into the Hidden area and identify patterns. Once teams have expanded their Open area into Blind Spot & Hidden ones, Agile Coach & team should then jointly work together to identify the UNKNOWN ZONE. The real sweet spot in the Transformation is if we can explore the UNKNOWN ZONE and expand the Transformation WINDOW.

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