The problem with standups is that usually the wrong people are talking.

I don't give a rat's ass about what other developers are doing. I either already know by virtue of having to work with them, or they are entirely disconnected from my work and so what they are doing doesn't really matter.

What I really need to know what the managers and executive are doing. That has the most impact on my work. Yet, strangely, they almost never want to share.