I think a synchronous meeting should only be scheduled when there is value in being synchronous. Else, every synchronous meeting should be possible to be repla

I think a synchronous meeting should only be scheduled when there is value in being synchronous. Else, every synchronous meeting should be possible to be replaced with other forms of asynchronous communication. Status meetings are the simplest one to replace: just add a bot that asks everybody what are you working on and then sends a summary with all the answers to the team. Don't ask people if they are blocked or if they know what to work on next day. Teach/support/grow/encourage them to announced when they are blocked as soon as that happens and to know to whom to announce that. Teach them to ask for help when help is needed and ping a colleague to discuss the matter. Support people asking their PMs/Business/... about priorities. Don't set the culture of waiting for priorities to be announced at fixed points as priorities should be able to be changes quickly and each team should have info boards where the priorities are cleary expresses. It is very easy to create a culture where everything is fixed by a meeting. Thus everybody belives the meetings are the only answer to communication. You can see this in some comments here where people are asking: if we don't do a daily meeting how can we work as a team? If you ask this you are putting an equal between communication and meeting, but that is not true. A team cannot work without _communication_, but synchronous meetings are only one of the many ways to communicate.