To be asked to pay detailed attention to everyone's diverse problems for a half an hour every single day is an incredible energy drain. I need to focus on my w

To be asked to pay detailed attention to everyone's diverse problems for a half an hour every single day is an incredible energy drain. I need to focus on my work. If I have to build 20 different mental models in my head once a day to make sense of 20 different people's problems, I can't do that. The tried-and-true method of, "oh, ask so-and-so, they worked in that area" is strictly better, because no matter how many times you're redirected, you're bothering fewer people than at the daily standup.