Just because something happens routinely doesn't make it ceremonial. You turn on your computer every day as you begin work. Is that a ceremony? You eat a meal every day. Is that a ceremony? Pay rent or make a house payment every month? More ceremony?
What you mean, I think, is that you don't see the value in the activity, or have some other aversion to it, so it's purely ceremonial to you. I assume (maybe incorrectly) that you do see the value in planning your work and communicating with your teammates, you just prefer not to do it on a regular schedule. I'd prefer not to make my house payment on a regular schedule either, but doing it every month ensures that a) I'm always making steady progress on my mortgage, and b) I don't caught in a cash flow bind when I suddenly have 6 months' worth of payments to catch up on.
You have a good point in that I don't see the value of imposing communication and forcing people into meetings, however why the straw man? Eating and paying rent definitely have a value, so why bring up the comparison?
Because communication and planning also have value, even according to you, as long as they aren't 'imposed'. But what is really being imposed here? Simply the timing, the regularity of the events. Just like eating or paying the rent.
What you mean, I think, is that you don't see the value in the activity, or have some other aversion to it, so it's purely ceremonial to you. I assume (maybe incorrectly) that you do see the value in planning your work and communicating with your teammates, you just prefer not to do it on a regular schedule. I'd prefer not to make my house payment on a regular schedule either, but doing it every month ensures that a) I'm always making steady progress on my mortgage, and b) I don't caught in a cash flow bind when I suddenly have 6 months' worth of payments to catch up on.