Standups That Don't Waste Everyone's Time

The classic three-question standup format; ”What did you do? , what will you do?, what's blocking you” - quietly trains teams to report status rather than solve problems. A small shift in framing changes the entire tone: ask also 'what do you need from someone in this room today?'.

It forces specificity, surfaces blockers that would otherwise wait for a 1:1, and keeps the meeting focused on unblocking work rather than narrating it.