"Literally never have I walked out of a 1x1 and thought "wow that was unreasonably effective"." ? Nobody would ever suggest that you should feel that way, or t

"Literally never have I walked out of a 1x1 and thought "wow that was unreasonably effective"." ? Nobody would ever suggest that you should feel that way, or that an individual 1x1 would be singularly effective. When you go Heli-skiing, you ski with a partner, and you're constantly shouting out to your partner to let the know where you are. Primarily, you do this because of the various kinds of danger, especially avalanches. That those things are unlikely does not abnegate the need for communication. One thing never made obvious in films or popular culture is the amount of communication in the military. 1/2 of the game is communicating. It's information, which is the basis of coordination, which is the basis of management of force. A 'radio' is as important as one's 'rifle'. A rifle can defend you against one person; a radio connects you with the totality of the power of the system you are in. The point is it's a form of systematic communication which I would overwhelmingly support. Especially the bit about 'open ended' - my gosh there are so many details lost in the normal operative aspects it's almost scary. 'Status Updates' are generally not meaningless, it's one of the means that people use to coordinate, though they can be cumbersome. Wasted time in meetings is definitely endemic, at the same time, a lot of complaint is sometimes rooted in the lack of understanding of the nature of one unit within the larger system. As developers, we feel that our 'code' is our productivity, but it's like the 'rifle' - it's just the obvious thing. The 'radio' is the other key thing. Also - the 'performance' bits are probably overdone. It's extremely hard to change habits. You can definitely get people to do things like adjust to a coding style, but it gets hard past that. I'm more of the view of just trying to leverage what people are already good at because most people are good at 'something'. But merely as 'coordination', these things are important. Especially with direct managers, there needs to be fairly consistent communication, which is different FYI from large team meetings of which there are probably too many.