CEOs have had it with meetings. They see them as unproductive time-sucks that clog up calendars and sap creativity. And they’ve taken drastic action to rid their workplaces of unnecessary brainstorms.
In recent years, Shopify cancelled all recurring meetings with more than two people to free up employees to work on other tasks. At Block, CEO Jack Dorsey declared Tuesdays a company‑wide no‑meeting day to shift the balance from “talking about work” to actually doing it. Instagram head Adam Mosseri has vowed to cancel all recurring meetings every six months, adding back only ones that are “absolutely necessary.” At Southwest Airlines, CEO Bob Jordan made a public declaration that meetings are not work. He blocks out some of his own afternoons from meetings. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, meanwhile, encouraged employees to “kill meetings” in his 2024 letter to shareholders.
