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I disagree with the basic premise of this: "When it gets cancelled because a certain person is not there, you are doing the meeting for that person". One perso
by ealexhudson 9y ago
I disagree with the basic premise of this: "When it gets cancelled because a certain person is not there, you are doing the meeting for that person".
One person being the driving force behind making something happen doesn't imply that all the benefit accrues to them at all.
"Just make sure everyone is actually recording what they are missing!"
Except they have no way of recording the opportunity cost - they don't know what they haven't been told; they could be missing something huge, but without a venue for communication they don't find out.
I have to say, I don't think this is great advice.
- 3825 9y agoThis isn't great advice because this isn't advice. It isn't advice because there's nothing actionable here. The only thing I'll say you can do if you're in a team like this is try to find your way out. Your "team" is already doomed and beyond saving.
- ozim 9y agoIf it is cancelled then he is right, if it is more like there is no one in the room who comes up and calls for standup then you are right.
- struppi 9y ago"Except they have no way of recording the opportunity cost" This is a very good point. I have to think about it more. Still, as an independent consultant, I have seen some teams who get close to 0 value from their dailies (while others got tremendous value). And just trying to change some small things about the dailies will probably lead to no results. "One person being the driving force behind making something happen doesn't imply that all the benefit accrues to them at all." Well, if nobody goes to the daily just because a single person is missing, you have a problem. Right? Even if that problem is only that the others do not recognize the value they are getting...