Socratic Questioning - "Meetings are a waste of time"
Socrates offered a framework to dig deeper into problems and ideas by asking targeted questions. It can help us with critical thinking and discovering first-principles.
Socratic questioning is a discussion led by a person who focuses only on asking questions. But these questions help others think in new ways by making them explore different perspectives.
You can dive deeper into philosophical disputes as Socrates did but also use the following set of questions to work on practical applications.
For this exercise, the inspiration was comment threads on my article on one-on-ones. My questions will focus on demonstrating possible Socratic questioning in action, along with possible responses.
Possible Answer 1: The team meeting lasted an hour with no clear agenda or takeaways. It felt like an interruption rather than progress. So, meetings are a waste of time.
Possible Answer 2: During our one-on-one, my manager talked for the whole time about new processes in the company which I'm not interested in.
