The method
The Johari Window, simply explained
The Johari Window is a well-established model from personality psychology. It compares what you know about yourself with what others perceive in you, and so reveals the part you can never see on your own. Clarissimum is built on exactly this model.
The four areas
Four panes, one complete picture
The model splits the view of a person along two axes: what is known to me, and what is not? And what is known to others, and what is not? This creates four areas. The most interesting is the blind spot, because it is the only one you cannot reach on your own.
Open area
Everything you know about yourself and others perceive too. Here self-image and others' perception match. The larger this area, the clearer and more open a relationship feels.
Blind spot
What others clearly see in you but stays hidden from you: a habit, an effect, a tone. This area can only be reduced through feedback from outside.
Hidden area
What you know about yourself but deliberately do not show: thoughts, feelings, insecurities. It shrinks when you open up to others.
Unknown area
What is so far unknown to both you and others: hidden talents, untapped potential, unconscious patterns. It often surfaces only in new situations.
Where it comes from
Created in 1955, still in use today
The Johari Window goes back to the two American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, who introduced it in 1955. The name is simply made up of their first names: Jo-Hari.
Their core idea was simple and far-reaching: how we come across to others is not the same as the image we have of ourselves. Only when both perspectives come together does a complete picture emerge. That is why the model is still used today in coaching, team development and psychology to relate self-perception and others' perception.
The central insight: the blind spot cannot be reduced by reflection, only through honest feedback from outside. This is exactly where Clarissimum comes in.
In practice
How Clarissimum reveals your blind spot
Clarissimum turns the Johari Window into a concrete method. You answer questions about yourself, people around you answer the same questions anonymously about you. From the comparison your blind spot emerges, condensed and protected.
Capture your self-image
You click how you see yourself. That instantly creates your own shape, your part of the window.
Gather outside perception
Through an anonymous link, people who know you answer the same questions about you, without an account of their own.
Reveal the difference
Both pictures lie on top of each other. Where they diverge is your blind spot: what others see and you do not.
Evaluate, protected
A result appears only from three responses on, criticism only from two independent voices on. That keeps every single voice anonymous.
Frequently asked questions
The Johari Window in brief
What is the Johari Window, simply explained?
The Johari Window is a model from personality psychology. It splits the view of a person into four areas, depending on whether something is known to the person themselves and to their environment or not. This reveals where self-image and others' perception match and where they diverge.
What are the four areas of the Johari Window?
The open area (known to you and others), the blind spot (known only to others), the hidden area (known only to you) and the unknown area (known to neither you nor others). The goal is to enlarge the open area and shrink the blind spot.
What is a blind spot?
The blind spot is everything others clearly perceive in you but stays hidden from you: a habit, a tone, an effect. It can only be reduced through honest feedback from outside, never by reflection alone.
Where does the name Johari Window come from?
The name is made up of the first names of the two American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, who developed the model in 1955. The "window" stands for the four panes into which the view of a person is divided.
How can I use my Johari Window with Clarissimum?
You answer questions about yourself, people around you answer the same questions anonymously about you. As soon as several reflect the same thing, your blind spot becomes visible. Clarissimum bundles this feedback anonymously and condensed, so a clear picture emerges.
Open your own window.
The first step takes only a few minutes, is completely anonymous, and shows you something that stays hidden from you alone.