After reading this post from Lara, I finally understand why I’ve been feeling strangely uncomfortable whenever my work desks have been moved in the past.
Here are humans’ core needs in the BICEPS model:
Belonging
- Community: A feeling of friendship and closeness with a group, or being part of a tight community of any size.
- Community well-being: People are cared for, the whole group feels happy and healthy.
- Connection: Feeling kinship and understanding with
Improvement/Progress
- Progress towards purpose: You are helping make progress towards an important goal for the company, your team or your own career/life.
- Improving the lives of others: You see how your work helps improve things for others
- Personal growth: Learning/seeing fast growth in yourself in skills that matter to you.
Choice
- Choice: Having flexibility, the chance to have more control over key parts of your world
- Autonomy: Having clear ownership over a domain where you can do as you wish, without asking for permission
- Decision-making: The ability to have make decisions about the things that matter to you
Equality/Fairness
- Access to resources (money, time, space, etc) feels fair/equitable
- Access to information is fair: All groups/people have access to information that is relevant to them
- Equal reciprocity: You support each other equally
- Decisions are fair and everyone is treated as equally important
Predictability
- Resources: There’s enough certainty about resources (money, personnel hours, space) so you can focus on your job
- Time: There’s certainty about when things will occur/when you can prepare for them.
- Future challenges: You can anticipate and thus can prepare for future challenges
- Direction: Goals, strategy, and direction stay consistent and don’t change too often/fast
Status
- Status: You hold a title/role that honors your worth among your peers/your industry
- Visibility: Your work is highly visible to people that matter
- Recognition: Your work is recognized and appreciated in ways that feel good.