 Hi, I'm Geoff Watts, and this Lightbulb Talk is about sexing up your stand-up. The daily stand-up meeting is a really important part of collaborative, self-organising teams working practices. It's very simple on the surface, 15 minutes every day answering three questions as a team. What have we managed to complete since yesterday? What are we planning to complete today? And what impediments are in our way? Underneath the mechanics though, it's the team's opportunity to check in with each other, assess their progress against their sprint commitment, and collaboratively plan their day. Unfortunately, a lot of teams don't seem to get the most out of these potentially crucial self-management sessions. Although the daily stand-up meeting has a prescribed format of answering three questions, it doesn't have to be a repetitive meeting that teams dread every day. There are lots of ways that teams have made their daily meetings more engaging, valuable, and different. These ideas include moving from work item to work item instead of person to person, using a toy bomb that goes off at a random time to add a bit of fun, and remind people to be concise, to even introducing pastries, fruit and coffee. The daily stand-up meeting doesn't have to be first thing in the morning. Some teams find that synchronising at the end of the day is a nice way to close out the day, especially if people start at different times. Plus, they don't then have to remember what they did yesterday, and they all know what they're picking up when they come in the next morning. Having the meeting in a different place can create a different energy within the team. Some teams even have their daily stand-up meetings on the move, in a walk and talk style. They find the movement gives them an extra edge. Some teams will add an extra element to the three questions. For example, something I appreciated about a member of the team yesterday, something I'm hopeful about, or something I'm worried about. And I know a few teams that introduce some kind of game element to their daily stand-up meetings, such as a lingo bingo card containing words that nobody must use, else face a forfeit. Perhaps you'll start the meeting with a joke, a guess the song from a lyric competition, a guess the movie from the quote competition, a trivia question or a fun fact about a member of the team. Whatever you decide to do to keep your daily meetings fresh, I'm sure your team will appreciate it. Why not let me know in the comments what things you've seen or done to help keep your daily meetings fresh.