Arena: Applied Critical Thinking
Fundamental Human Needs
Go Deeper
Activity 1 – Accelerating Knowledge Sharing
Each Catalytic Thinking Lab is supported by a WindTunneling project. WindTunneling is a systemic methodology to accelerate learning and knowledge sharing. Share what you learned from the lab transparently and anonymously. Compare your thinking and respond to the ideas of others. Everyone gets to see every idea; no one knows who shared which idea.
Go to WindTunneling. Use Project Code44DSG to record your insights.
Activity 2 – Fundamental Human Needs: Lifestyle
On a big sheet of paper, explore Fundamental Human Needs in relationship to your current lifestyle.
What do you notice?
Consider your weekly or monthly budget (money and time).
How much do you spend on meeting your needs and how much do you spend meeting your wants?
Do you observe any patterns with how you spend your money and time?
What can you change?
Activity 3 – Fundamental Human Needs: Biography
Think about your family life in different eras: childhood, teen years, twenties, etc.
How did you understand your needs and wants?
What decisions by parents influenced you most with regard to meeting your fundamental human needs?
Other References, Articles, and Books
- Read the book Human Scale Development by Manfred Max-Neef et al
- Read the book The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu
- Wikipedia Manfred Max-Neef
- ResearchGate “Toward a systemic development approach: Building on the Human-Scale Development paradigm”
- 2010 Democracy Now! Interview with Manfred Max-Neef
- Share references, articles, or books in the WindTunneling Project that you think will be good supplemental content for future participants.
