Agreed that questions can be used in underhanded ways, but this example does seem more helpful at focusing the conversation than something like:
Can you clarify why you added “automated” to the discussion?
That could easily go in other directions; this makes clear that the question is “how did we get from A to B?” while sharing control of the topic change / clarification.
Agreed that questions can be used in underhanded ways, but this example does seem more helpful at focusing the conversation than something like:
That could easily go in other directions; this makes clear that the question is “how did we get from A to B?” while sharing control of the topic change / clarification.