incompetence-compensation-competence

This "word-gift" was originally created to highlight a philosophical dilemma.

Later, it found meaningful application in management theory.

For us, it serves as a guiding description of the core issue:

"Compensating for a missing ability with another that has developed — both descriptively and correctively."

Descriptively, because that's exactly what we do when dependent.

Correctively, because a needed ability emerges, seemingly providing relief.

We just don't yet know why — but that's precisely what we should understand.

In the "Future" section below, I've elaborated alternative interpretations of this word-gift, as they also feature in my models.

This "word-gift" is easily found by interested parties in the German-speaking internet.