if you have a toolbox with only a small number of tools, you would spend some of your time using that set of tools to make other tools that extend your abilities
There is a big issue. We are much worse than that. We iterate through workshops (even the ones we built ourselves), and also our products grow out of them — they never leave a workshop they were done in. As a result, when you come to a new place, it itself is unlike anything in your previous workshops, and the product itself is unlike anything you could use your previous toolkits on. Doesn’t really matter how easy it is to bring all your toolboxes with you, unless it’s a new empty place. That’s why agreeing on a rich-from-the-start workshop is important.
There is a big issue. We are much worse than that. We iterate through workshops (even the ones we built ourselves), and also our products grow out of them — they never leave a workshop they were done in. As a result, when you come to a new place, it itself is unlike anything in your previous workshops, and the product itself is unlike anything you could use your previous toolkits on. Doesn’t really matter how easy it is to bring all your toolboxes with you, unless it’s a new empty place. That’s why agreeing on a rich-from-the-start workshop is important.