Stand-ups are trying to push a rope. Good teams already know how to communicate well, and know how often they need to talk. Often, it's unconscious. It just wor

Stand-ups are trying to push a rope. Good teams already know how to communicate well, and know how often they need to talk. Often, it's unconscious. It just works. On bad teams, it's not going to help, and it will eventually become a source of irritation and resentment. On good teams (which are humming along just fine, thank you), the process becomes an irritation and a resentment.