Standup Alice Blog

Alice does not drink coffee. She does not scroll Slack on her lunch break. But by 9 a.m. on most days, she probably knows more about what your team accomplished yesterday than you do. Standup Alice is a bot, obviously. But the easiest way to actually understand how Standup Alice works is not a features list. It is following her through one ordinary Tuesday. So here it is, hour by hour: 7:00 AM: Alice Wakes Up Before You Do Before anyone has opened their laptop, Alice has alre

Every team has two versions of the same Monday morning standup. The boss's version starts with a familiar question: did anyone actually do the thing we talked about last week? The employee's version starts with a slightly different one: do I really have to say, out loud, in front of six people, that I am still working on the thing I said I was working on yesterday? Same meeting. Two completely different headaches. And somehow, everyone still shows up. The Boss's Side: "Did An