Build high performance teams.

A modern and advanced version of the Johari Window, designed strictly for safe, constructive team building.

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The Open Windows Experience

A modern and advanced version of the Johari Window, designed strictly for safe, constructive team building.

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Calculated Insights

Measures how well the team knows each other, pair understanding, and individual team awareness.

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Psychologically Safe

Carefully curated questions ensure a positive experience with zero negative side effects.

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Deep Bonding

Moves beyond surface-level icebreakers to foster genuine communication and empathy.

How It Works

A simple step-by-step process of revelation.

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The Focus Person

Everyone gets a chance to be a Focus Person. A question is displayed about the "Focus" person. Everyone has to guess what answer will the Focus Person select for himself.

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The Hidden Answers

Answers remain hidden, building anticipation. Answers are revealed and the team members explain why they selected that answer. This is the most important part of the game as it leads to discussion and understanding each other better.

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The Focus Persons Revelation

Once everyone answers, the Focus person will be the last to reveal his/her answer and explain why did he/she chose it. This helps everyone to understand the Focus person better, hence creating a better bonding.

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The Game Goes On

After the first person, the game moves on to the next person, and the same process is repeated until everyone gets a chance to be a Focus Person. By the end of one round, everyone understands each other better.

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The Score Calculation

Every correct answer by team member gives 1 point to him, because he knows the Focus Person well. And 1 point goes to Focus Person because the other person knows him well. So, the wrong guess adds no points to either participant.

The Mathematics Behind the Game

Animated insights showing the 3 ways team bonding is calculated.

How well do I know the group vs
the group knows me

Based on my correct guesses about the group vs their correct guesses about me.

The group knows me
I Know the Group
58% 72%

How well does the entire group know each other collectively.

Based on total correct guesses / total questions in the group.

The group knows me
I Know the Group
64% 64%

The Science: Johari Window & Team Dynamics

Created by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in 1955, the Johari Window is a foundational model for understanding self-awareness and mutual understanding within a group.

Key Principles:

  • Open Area: What is known by the person about themselves and known by others. The game expands this area.
  • Blind Spot: What is unknown by the person about themselves but known by others. Gentle feedback illuminates this.
  • Hidden Area: What the person knows about themselves but others don't know. Sharing reduces this.
  • Unknown Area: What is unknown by the person and others. Deep discussion can spark self-discovery here.

Why It Works:

According to research by Project Aristotle (Google's study on effective teams), Psychological Safety is the #1 predictor of team success. Open Windows structures this vulnerability, turning potential anxiety into a psychologically safe game of discovery, enhancing emotional intelligence and collective team performance.

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The KnowYou KnowMe App

Discover how well you know your colleagues, friends and family.

KYKM is the minor 'test' version of the Open Windows Game that helps you get the score on team bonding. This is the first app teams should use to know the gaps and where they should focus more. Open Windows Game is the full version with team building activities that helps bridge the gaps.

KnowYou KnowMe is an effective and simple tool for group development. When team members know each other they tend to make better decisions.

With this App you test relationships, not individuals.

Install the app. Have fun! It’s free to use.

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Olof Rehn

Who is Olof Rehn

Olof Rehn is an accomplished psychologist and psychotherapist with a distinguished career spanning over three decades. Since the early 1990s, he has successfully operated his own company, specializing in individual, group, leadership, and organizational development.

With extensive experience in senior leadership roles, Olof has served as HR Manager at the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration and as Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUP) in Haninge under the Stockholm County Council. His deep expertise as both a psychologist and organizational consultant is complemented by a proven ability to identify and unlock the latent potential within teams and individuals.

Olof’s consulting philosophy emphasizes developing existing skills and resources, enabling organizations to achieve sustainable growth and resilience.

His innovative concepts, Open Window and Window Game, have now been transformed into digital solutions, accessible using the mobile app, which is expected to be released in April 2026. These tools, which have received the highest evaluation rating from the Parties Council for the State Sector, are designed to foster stronger communication, collaboration, and understanding within teams.

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