"by the time something is big enough that someone feels like they need to notify me, my first options of mitigation have already passed" That's a communication

"by the time something is big enough that someone feels like they need to notify me, my first options of mitigation have already passed" That's a communication issue which managers believe is rooted from remote work. I'm on the other end of your example, and there's a reason why people aren't telling you problems immediately, perhaps reflect on that.