The coach of the hydrant-flushing data team already knows the "right" answer and uses questions as a graded quiz. What should change?
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Short Explanation
A Socratic trap is just a pop quiz with better branding. If the hydrant-data coach already marked the paper, the question is theater. Real coaching questions hunt what the team sees, not whether they can guess the coach's answer.
Full Explanation
Powerful questions are asked in genuine curiosity; they are not a leading exam the coach has already scored. Quiz-style questions humiliate, collapse psychological safety, and train people to wait for the "correct" phrase. Publishing scores, escalating the quiz to the RTE, or wrapping it in predictive checklists keeps the same trap. The Scrum Master / Team Coach asks to surface thinking and data, then builds on what the team actually knows.