QuinlanNZ's Nohari Window

The Nohari Window is a challenging inversion of the Johari Window, using antonyms of the original words. By describing your failings from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of perceived and unrecognised weaknesses can be explored.

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	Known to Self	Not Known to Self
Known to Others	Arena timid withdrawn inane passive	Blind Spot aloof irresponsible irrational distant childish blasé chaotic impatient rash
Not Known to Others	Façade unhelpful	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible cowardly violent glum stupid simple insecure vulgar lethargic hostile selfish unhappy cynical needy unimaginative brash cruel ignorant boastful imperceptive weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical insensitive self-satisfied smug dispassionate overdramatic dull predictable callous inattentive unreliable cold foolish humourless
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that QuinlanNZ is withdrawn
66% of people think that QuinlanNZ is distant
66% of people think that QuinlanNZ is chaotic

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (66%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (33%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (66%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

wolfy thinks: withdrawn, aloof, passive, timid, distant.
anonymous thinks: irresponsible, irrational, rash, withdrawn, chaotic, impatient.
Larry thinks: blasé, childish, chaotic, distant, inane.

You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-

<table style="text-align:center;border-spacing:0px; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#ccf"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Arena</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to self and others)</div> timid, withdrawn, inane, passive</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#fcc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Blind Spot</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to others)</div> aloof, irresponsible, irrational, distant, childish, blasé, chaotic, impatient, rash</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#cfc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Façade</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to self)</div> unhelpful</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;background:#ccc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Unknown</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to nobody)</div> incompetent, intolerant, inflexible, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhappy, cynical, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, boastful, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that QuinlanNZ is withdrawn 66% of people think that QuinlanNZ is distant 66% of people think that QuinlanNZ is chaotic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (66%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (33%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (66%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%) <div style="border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee"> Created by the <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 10.6.2026, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=QuinlanNZ">view QuinlanNZ's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
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For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.