Not sure if you have enough? The Scarcity Prism makes it clear.

Scarcity is not a verdict. It’s a lens. This week’s tool—the Scarcity Prism Framework—helps you see your workplace, where resources are being wasted, efforts overlap, and where renewal is needed.

Seen + Named 

We often imagine the leader we would be if every resource were in place, especially if time, funding, and people flowed without limit. But resilience rarely grows with excess. It begins with what’s within reach: a handful of minutes, a narrow budget, a few committed hands.

The Scarcity Trap is believing that more resources will automatically reduce pressure, serving as a band-aid over all that isn’t working. However, new inputs often mask rather than mend the real issues.

Leadership is not about waiting for more. It’s about learning to work in the stretch, multiplying what is available, and seeing possibilities where others see shortcomings.

Start by naming what you already have. See it. Value it. That discipline builds the capacity to handle more, because you’ve already shown you can lead through seasons of scarcity without being undone.

Next, I’ll share the Scarcity Prism Framework so you can see how these lenses translate into practice.