If you give too many resources to a team, they'll extend themselves beyond the bounds of their ability without realizing it.

If you're in a scarcity environment, it's much harder to get out over your skis; the feedback loop is tighter.

Googlers typically don't understand how to do anything in a scrappy, scarcity mindset given how resource-rich the environment is.

The playbook I used to be successful within Google, asymmetrically, was to adopt a scarcity mindset and do lateral thinking with weathered technology.

Also written up as The Live Oak Playbook.

That playbook in an environment of plenty is an asymmetric advantage because it leads to such different tactics and goals.

That playbook is resilient; it works well in many different contexts.