Managers tell you where you are, leaders tell you where you're going.
You have no idea if your idea matters until you share it.
If we're 15 minutes into a lifeless, redundant, status-based 1:1 and I don't have anything sitting in my back pocket, I'm going to turn it into a performance review.
Start with something messy, get to the point, get an editor, and make it good.
Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.
I am a firm believer that you need a well-defined leadership role to deal with unexpected and non-linear side effects of people working together. You need someone to keep the threads untangled and forming a high-functioning web rather than a big snarl of a Gordian knot.