More on Blind Spots & Their Antidote

The reality is that our “blind spots” (i.e., “what we don’t know we don’t know”) constitute a large portion of the universe of relevant information available to us.  Getting help in this area from trustworthy and proven business experts can be priceless in advancing your leadership and company. The Johari Window (see diagram below) is a well-known analytical construct  that helps to distinguish how much we personally know or don’t know, and how aware we (and others) are of this condition.  On our own, each of us know a very limited amount, but aren’t always aware of our own limitations, biases, habits, and suppression of other available perspectives.  Such ignorance, myopic or narrow-minded thinking, and poor self-awareness serve to radically limit leaders and their organizations.  

The most successful leaders seek to expand their own awareness while investing likewise in the active development of their executive team so that they can operating in unity with a higher level of mutual understanding and shared information.  This requires a continual, intentional process of learning, disclosure, feedback, and healthy confrontation around the key issues to drive continued growth, timely problem-solving, disciplined execution, and on-target innovation.  Such workplace cultures vastly expand the "Shared Arena" while shrinking the Blind Spot, Hidden, and Unknown quadrants.  ICA’s engagements aim to help client organizations move rapidly toward greater shared awareness to bridge performance gaps from what’s truly possible under wise, focused, and unified leadership.