Banaji and Greenwald look into our blind spots in their analysis, 'Blind Spot'. We all have cognitive preferences (biases) that are revealed in the Implicit Association Test.
You can take a variety of tests (studies) which identify your automatic preferences.
Can we see how others see us? In "Communicate to Influence," Ben and Kelly Decker remind us:
Look behind - see where you've come from.
Look ahead - see where you're going.
Look inward - know who you are.
Look outward - know those around you.
Look down - be grounded in reality.
Look up - get help wherever and whenever you can.
For example, when we are selecting teams do we have automatic preferences for certain types of players?
When under adversity, do you call upon all of your resources or start pointing fingers?
Is something in our blind spot because we don't WANT to see it? At what level are we committed?
In Fearless Leadership, Malandro discusses five levels:
We are scoring less because our zone offense needs more practice and more time. Restating core principles isn't enough (dribble into gaps, reversal, flash to holes in the zone, post up, screen vulnerable areas).
There is never a reason to choose blindness.