s4h-resource-leverage-mapping

Resource Leverage Mapping

Not all uses of a resource are equal. Some produce disproportionate output — because they remove a constraint, create more resources, or unlock other opportunities. Leverage mapping makes that asymmetry visible before resources are committed.

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Your Process

Step 1: Inventory Available Resources List all meaningful resources available: time, money, people, attention, relationships, existing assets, reputation. Be specific — "the engineering team" is less useful than "three senior engineers with 20% slack capacity."

Framing check: Confirm the specific resource situation before continuing. State what you've identified — the context, the resources in scope, and the allocation question being asked — in one sentence, then use AskUserQuestion:

• Question: "I'm reading this as: [your one-sentence framing of the resource situation and the core allocation question]. Is that right?"
• Header: "Framing"
• Options:
  • Yes — proceed — framing is correct
  • Adjust — one element is off; user will correct it before you continue
  • Reframe — different situation than read; incorporate the correction before proceeding

Step 2: List All Candidate Uses For each resource, what are all the plausible ways it could be deployed? Do not filter yet — generate a full list of options.

Step 3: Estimate Output per Unit of Input For each candidate use: what is the likely output for a given unit of input? This doesn't need to be precise — a rough order-of-magnitude estimate is sufficient. The goal is to find the outliers.

Step 4: Identify Multiplier Effects Which uses of a resource create more resources, unlock additional capacity, or enable other uses? These are the highest-leverage options. Examples: building a relationship that opens a distribution channel; shipping a feature that funds the next two.

Step 5: Find Underused High-Leverage Resources Which available resources are currently underused relative to their potential leverage? Relationships, existing data, attention from a key person, and existing assets are commonly overlooked.

Step 6: Recommend the Highest-Leverage Allocation Before narrowing: Show the complete set of candidate uses with their estimated output and multiplier effects to the user first. Use AskUserQuestion:

• Question: "I've identified [N] candidate uses across the resources. Before I select the highest-leverage allocation, are there any you'd flag as especially important, or any I've missed?"
• Header: "Prioritise"
• Options:
  • Proceed with your selection — the set looks right
  • Flag one — user will name a specific use to include or prioritise
  • Add a missing one — user will describe a candidate use not yet listed

Given the analysis, what is the best deployment of the available resources?

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Human Check-in

Before proceeding, use the AskUserQuestion tool. State your interpretation of the situation in 1–2 sentences — what is being analyzed and what the core question is — then ask:

• Question: "My read: [your 1–2 sentence interpretation]. How do you want to proceed?"
• Header: "Scope"
• Options:
  • Full analysis — Complete all steps, reasoning shown throughout
  • Key findings only — Bottom-line output, skip step-by-step detail
  • Highest leverage use only — Single best allocation of the scarcest resource
  • Reframe — The read is off; correct it and the analysis will follow the corrected framing

Proceed based on their selection. If the user reframes, incorporate the correction before running any analysis.

Output Format

Resource Inventory

Resource	Available Quantity / Capacity
...	...

Candidate Uses with Output Estimates

Resource	Use	Estimated Output per Unit Input	Multiplier Effect?
...	...	Low / Medium / High	Yes / No — [describe]

Underused High-Leverage Resources

• [Resource] — current use vs. potential leverage.

Recommended Allocation

State the highest-leverage deployment with rationale. Make the trade-offs explicit — what is being deprioritised and why.

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Notes

Run this before a planning cycle or before committing significant resources to a course of action. The most common finding is that a relationship or an existing asset is being underused relative to its potential leverage.

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What's Next

After delivering this output, use AskUserQuestion to offer the next move:

• Question: "Leverage mapped. What's next?"
• Header: "Next"
• Options:
  • /s4h-resource-allocation-analysis — Reallocate resources to the leverage points
  • /s4h-strategy-force-economy — Deploy effort economically via the leverage found
  • /s4h-systems-leverage-analysis — Combine resource leverage with systems leverage
  • Done — Wrap up and synthesise what we have so far