After a missed culvert-inspection milestone, the coach asks, "What would 'done' look like by Wednesday?" Why is that a powerful question?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Powerful questions are not required to sound like a TED talk. "What would done look like by Wednesday?" is a flashlight on the next usable culvert increment, not a poetry prompt. Concrete and forward beats another lap around last week's miss.
Full Explanation
Powerful questions can be specific and future-focused; they are not limited to abstract facilitation language. After a miss, asking the team to describe a near-term done increment restores agency and clarifies quality. The question does not authorize the coach to assign owners or to overwrite Product Owner acceptance criteria. It invites the team to name a small, inspectable next step rather than remaining in post-mortem loops.