I think management induced agile/standups are there to produce this outcome. If your boss wants to see/hear daily updates, they don't want to see daily reports

I think management induced agile/standups are there to produce this outcome. If your boss wants to see/hear daily updates, they don't want to see daily reports of non-progress. Developers who don't get that intuitively quickly learn it when they get the wrong type of questions after the wrong type of updates. Tail wagging the dog.