I get the frustration, I really do. But I think part of the issue here is the idea that time is fungible like money. That saving time by looking at Trello card

I get the frustration, I really do. But I think part of the issue here is the idea that time is fungible like money. That saving time by looking at Trello cards instead of meeting face to face is somehow more effective. It might be. It might not be. But simply saving a few minutes of time doesn’t necessarily equate to “more productive.” This kind of optimization of behavior assumes everyone will consume information uniformly. Ever sent up a smoke signal for help on a blocker in slack, only for the comment to be lost in a bunch of messages and you stay blocked? Again, in a perfect world, we could just record everything and do it all asynchronously. Wonderful ideal. But the stand up, in my experience, accomplished more than just cold task management. It gives a point for each person to consider what they’ve done, compose it, and to raise in a higher resolution environment the blockers they have. It’s silly to think that we can replace every interaction with an async version of the same interaction, at least on my team. At the same time, I don’t recommend dogma in either direction. Don’t find value in the standup? Do something different.