If you can’t fix it, flag it. Silent problems are the worst kind.

Problems nobody knows about are the dangerous kind. A fault that has been named can be scheduled, worked around or watched, while a silent one keeps growing on everybody’s behalf and surfaces at the worst possible moment. You are not required to solve everything you find. You are required to say it out loud.

Say the awkward thing today instead of hoping it holds. The broken latch, the number that will not add up, the task you know you cannot finish by Friday. One clear sentence to the right person is the entire job.