You've probably heard of a scarcity mindset. Maybe you've even been accused of having one! In this short, I explore the false binary of scarcity and abundance mindsets to propose a third way: resourcefulness.Footnotes:<ul><li>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9">Thought-terminating cliché</a>" on Wikipedia</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/podcasts/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-adam-tooze.html">Adam Tooze on The Ezra Klein Show</a></li><li><a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5869.pdf">Information on the US tax gap</a></li><li>"<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883902621000513">Breaking boundaries to creatively generate value</a>" in The Journal of Business Venturing</li><li><a href="https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass">Braiding Sweetgrass</a> by Robin Wall Kimmerer</li><li>This is a significant revision of a piece originally published in 2021</li></ul>Essay versions of every episode are published at whatworks.fyi!

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EP 480: Exceedingly Complex Systems

Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.