Through the Johari window
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hirezI'd been wondering idly about the startling cost of Voda's international roaming and the cheapness of O2 ditto when the mobile went off (if you've heard my phone ring of late, it's an appropriate simile). It was a fellow from O2 who wanted to know if I'd like to 'upgrade my contract' or similar consumer-jabber. Since I've not bought 'service' from them for a year, it was a splendid reminder of what a useless shower they are. Chances are they'll ring again and blame The Computer.
Anyway. That Johari thing. When I first viewed one at the start of the weekend, it looked like a reasonably well thought out device. However, by the time I got around to building one myself, the swerver was groaning under the load and the hard of thinking were already denouncing it as 'just another meme' (Tools not responsible for who believes in them, etc.)
Some Google (not proper research, I admit) appears to show that it's terribly popular with management/training shops. Now, anything that smells of management is rightly suspect, however this page sounded interesting:
When Ingham and Luft first presented "The Johari Window" to illustrate relationship in terms of awareness, they were surprised to find so many people, academicians and nonprofessionals alike, using, and tinkering with, the model. It seems to lend itself as a heuristic device in speculating about human relations.
So it seems to me that an interesting application for the thing (in strictly LJ terms at least) would be to ask people who know you reasonably well to fill in one version and the relative strangers to fill in another. Maybe.
Another interesting find was this. I'm going to have to firmly disagree with the distinctly capitalist/authoritarian view of the value of secrets, though. (He said, preparing to invoke the Humpty-dumpty defence)
It's all a bit nebulous today.
Anyway. That Johari thing. When I first viewed one at the start of the weekend, it looked like a reasonably well thought out device. However, by the time I got around to building one myself, the swerver was groaning under the load and the hard of thinking were already denouncing it as 'just another meme' (Tools not responsible for who believes in them, etc.)
Some Google (not proper research, I admit) appears to show that it's terribly popular with management/training shops. Now, anything that smells of management is rightly suspect, however this page sounded interesting:
When Ingham and Luft first presented "The Johari Window" to illustrate relationship in terms of awareness, they were surprised to find so many people, academicians and nonprofessionals alike, using, and tinkering with, the model. It seems to lend itself as a heuristic device in speculating about human relations.
So it seems to me that an interesting application for the thing (in strictly LJ terms at least) would be to ask people who know you reasonably well to fill in one version and the relative strangers to fill in another. Maybe.
Another interesting find was this. I'm going to have to firmly disagree with the distinctly capitalist/authoritarian view of the value of secrets, though. (He said, preparing to invoke the Humpty-dumpty defence)
It's all a bit nebulous today.
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Date: 2006-02-15 04:15 pm (UTC)My experience of things that management like is that in most cases at the back lurks a good thing.
When the good thing gets popular with management, either
1) it gets over-generalised & so used in ways & places it was never intended for,
2) the words are used but the underlying concept is ignored or so distorted that the final producy bears no relationship to the underlying idea.
3) I think there was a 3rd case, but it's slipped my mind.
Anyway, point being, good tools shame the users are tools.
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Date: 2006-02-15 04:21 pm (UTC)My rebuttal is that if you are going to play that game then it's best to play it well.
I have chosen to play that game for the time being & I can see the benefits of managing my work persona.
The damage is limited in that I don't have to take that character out of the office, I don't need to hide most of the important stuff about me, more the ephemera, and when Sio & I hit 65 we should have sufficient capital to sell everything, retire to a beach hut in Belize & spend our declining years pickling ourselves with rum & tequila[1].
[1] Which I don't see as a viable solution if I don't play this game.
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Date: 2006-02-17 11:24 pm (UTC)I choose not to.
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Date: 2006-02-15 04:41 pm (UTC)For some reason... I saw this and thought of you?
Date: 2006-02-17 09:43 pm (UTC)