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If you lack the confidence and the comfort to report "no interesting progress" once a day, I either pity your emotional state or your team dynamic. Daily standups should not be overwhelming, and abolishing them is an avoidance strategy, not a solution.

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That works until someone a bit higher up comes in and chews you out for not saying "what you did yesterday and what you plan to do today" with clear and achievable goals for today. People can contort the stand-up quite painfully.

Sure, but that sounds like a culture problem, not a problem with the meeting schedule. If you have abusive higher-ups, avoiding them is not a solution. Honestly, the whole premise of the discussion is kind of silly at that point. If you don't have the power to improve the meeting experience, then you definitely don't have the power to abolish the meeting.

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