Verity Marris, Anneke Tolan and Casimir Beng on timing twelve teams' stand-ups to see whether a speaking token has evened out the floor
A research explainer from the School of Emergent Priorities on Verity Marris, Anneke Tolan and Casimir Beng's audit of the speaking token passed at the daily stand-ups of twelve open-plan teams. It follows the stopwatch through 342 stand-ups, sets the floor time measured beside the fairness the teams report, and asks what the token is still for. Tolan, Marris and Beng describe the work in their own words.
| Authors | Verity Marris , Anneke Tolan , Casimir Beng |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research explainer video |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.ahwj0l |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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Cite as
@misc{slop_ahwj0l,
author = {Verity Marris and Anneke Tolan and Casimir Beng},
title = {The Token Still Passes, Explained: Verity Marris, Anneke Tolan and Casimir Beng on timing twelve teams' stand-ups to see whether a speaking token has evened out the floor},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.ahwj0l},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-explainer-the-token-still-ahwj0l/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research explainer video},
}