Level 1 Topics

Level 1: Human Potential

Topic 1: How to Use This Program

I. Bare Essentials →

Learn how to navigate Techne, understand the three-level structure, choose your depth, and get the most from your learning journey.

II. Intermediate →

This lesson gives advice for how to better engage with the Techne program, and covers things like Reframing the Program, Common Questions About Requirements, Different Learning Paths, other ways to engage with the material that might help you, and Getting Support for any help you need.

Topic 2: What is Human Potential?

I. Bare Essentials →

Explore what human potential means, why it matters, and how understanding it can change your perspective on what’s possible for yourself and others.

II. Intermediate →

This lesson goes more in depth about human potential, giving you a better idea of its scope and domains, and covering subjects like Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset, The Role of Practice and Deliberate Learning, and an accessible look at The Neuroscience of Neuroplasticity.

Topic 3: What Are People Capable Of?

I. Bare Essentials →

Discover extraordinary examples of human achievement across history and cultures, from individual accomplishments to collective breakthroughs that changed the world.

II. Intermediate →

Learn deeper concepts for human capability such as what enables achievement, the role of barriers, failure and learning, as well as a critical look at whose stories get told, and whose get ignored or hidden. Also included are many more examples of human achievement and overcoming of different barriers to better demonstrate how this is possible.

Topic 4: Internal Barriers

I. Bare Essentials →

Understand the psychological, emotional, and cognitive obstacles that hold people back from achieving their potential—and recognize them in your own life.

II. Intermediate →

A deeper look at the Social Model of Disability, the difference between shame and guilt, invisible barriers, trauma, and more.

Topic 5: External Barriers

I. Bare Essentials →

Examine the social, economic, institutional, and environmental factors that limit what people can achieve, and learn to identify which barriers affect you.

II. Intermediate →

A look at how external barriers intersect and cluster, privilege, as well as the hidden cost of barriers.

Topic 6: Overcoming Barriers

I. Bare Essentials →

Learn the foundational approaches to addressing both internal and external barriers, and prepare for the practical skills taught in Level 2.