Anyone working in an organization knows it: meetings follow one after another at a frantic pace. On average, managers spend 23 hours a week in meetings. Much of what happens in them is considered to ...

Meetings are universally loathed, reliably dysfunctional, and constantly clogging calendars. So why do organizations keep clinging to them—despite being one of the most punishing taxes on modern work?

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri recently ordered staff back to the office 5 days a week starting in February 2026. While it was the return-to-office order that turned heads, Mosseri's memo included ...

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