Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people

The piece argues that many workplace meetings, especially in software teams, are used more for status updates and work management than for genuine listening.

Agile rituals like standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retros often end up serving management control and decision pitching.

When meetings are designed this way, teams may fail to surface better ideas, slowing collaboration and change.

The main point: meetings should build shared understanding, not just control how work gets done.