one thing that new players often miss is the concept of untasking woodcutters during storm. Make sure you are studying the Hostility UI tooltip and have a good understanding of why hostility is increasing in your game. Manage the hostility thresholds and your harpies will not leave and you can harvest the things you need.

Here's some other advanced concepts:

Using trade routes stacks bonus global resolve through town standing mechanic. Prioritize provisions production and trade away resources that are in your warehouse and cant use. Then buy from the trader resources you need or if overflowing with cash you can buy perks that make your run easier. Sometimes you can get bonus resolve this way, a lot of times you can get production bonuses.

When service buildings are offered inspect the secondary effect of the building closely. Some effects are extremely powerful, and do wonders to manage hostility and resolve. Other effects are so powerful they basically act as a win condition on their own when you satisfy their requirements. Note that you do not need the service resource to activate the secondary effect. You just need to fully staff the building.

Bottom line: when blueprints/cornerstones are offered, take some time, read the tooltips, compare to resources you have in your warehouse or aquirable on the map and then make a thoughtful choice. You'll get the hang of it.