The person praised for rescuing projects may be paying for plans they did not make.

Rescue is visible and planning is not, so organisations tend to reward the wrong stage. Someone works three weekends to save a deadline that was unrealistic in February, and the applause goes to the weekends rather than to the question of who set the date. The rescuer’s cost is real and personal; the planning failure remains anonymous and gets repeated.

After the next thing gets saved, ask calmly what made the save necessary. Write that answer down somewhere it will be read before the next plan is agreed. And if you are the one who keeps rescuing, it is fair to say out loud what it is costing you.