Fix That Feeds

The same rescue keeps working for today and becoming necessary tomorrow. Check whether relief is reducing the skill, capacity, or investment that could eventually remove its need.

Name relief. Name capacity. Check what relief displaces.

Trace symptom relief into the underlying capacity that would prevent recurrence. Ask whether the fix replaces practice, hides a shortage, or diverts resources from repair, then whether that lost capacity increases the next need for relief. Treat this as a causal hypothesis, not a reason to withhold help.

Try this when…

I keep rescuing the same task.

Our workaround has become the main system.

The quick fix uses all the time for the real repair.

Does this support build capacity or quietly replace it?

What you can use it for

Teaching and support

Preserve necessary help while testing whether it leaves useful independent practice.

Workarounds

Inspect whether repeated patching displaces maintenance or capability building.

Shared responsibilities

Ask how repeated takeover changes future ownership and available skill.