BICEP core needs
The bicep model is created by Paloma Medina as a way of grouping themes of core needs of humans in to six. Each individual will value them differently. Getting to know them is a shortcut to better communication, as well as greater inclusivity at work.
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 mutual understanding with another person.
Improvement
- 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 make decisions about the things that matter to you.
Equality
- Access to resources (money, time, space, etc) feels fair/ equitable.
- Access to information feels 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 or goals.
- 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.
Significance
- Status: You hold a title/ role that honours 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.