How to Run a Standup That Ends in 15 Minutes

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Preview โ€” The Goal

๐ŸŽฏ The Goal: Hour-long update meetings are a corporate waste of power โ€” ten people ร— 60 minutes = a full workday incinerated to make one manager feel informed. The standup replaces it: 15 minutes, hard cap, where each person answers exactly three questions: What did I finish yesterday? What will I finish today? What's blocking me? Everything else โ€” brainstorms, debates, decisions โ€” happens elsewhere, with only the people who need to be there.