Agreed. I was working as an engineering manager and found that after we started doing stand ups, the team became more cohesive as a group and people started reaching out to each other for help/advice. It really improved our efficiency, but not because it was necessary to know what everyone did everyday, but because it builds trust to tell people around you what you’re doing and what you’re struggling with

>It’s incredibly easy to just be waiting for your turn to speak.

The best solution I ever saw to that was having the meeting runner randomize everyone's order to speak