A few places I've seen who do agile basically just practice standing in a circle and giving vague updates about progress ('stand ups') which nobody really liste

A few places I've seen who do agile basically just practice standing in a circle and giving vague updates about progress ('stand ups') which nobody really listens to. If we disposed of all the scrum stuff around it, this would be effective as a way to handle questions that multiple people have an interest in. Which effectively is what it devolves into most times.