This simple move could lead to less meetings on your calendar

In this week’s “Nightcap,” The New York Times reporter Mike Isaac evaluates Elon Musk’s first 100 days at Twitter. Curbed writer Alissa Walker explains the issue with EVs getting bigger. And UNC Charlotte professor Steven Rogelberg explains to CNN's Jon Sarlin how to combat the trend of too many meetings. To get the day’s business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.

00:00 – Welcome to "Nightcap"
00:30 – Elon's 100-day Twitter report card
06:09 – The macho EV arms race
10:27 – Meetings overload

31 comments

  1. Fewer meetings… not “less.” Why is it that professional conveyors of information can’t be bothered to master the language that undergirds their profession?

  2. *FEWER*

    Geez, I am an ESL immigrant, and even I know how to speak English better than a major USA news network .

  3. Everyone should mail their US Rep a bar of soap and a note to cleanse themselves of George Santos. Imagine the impact of a few hundred or maybe even thousands of bars of soap Reps from all over the country getting a day might have. Pass it on.

    I sent one to McCarthy too

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      Trump 2024: Who the heck are Ukrainians. Where the heck do they come from? No entry to Ukrainians in US😂😂😂

    2. MELANIA KNAUSS DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE AFTER ONE YEAR AND WAS A
      JEFF EPSTEIN GIRL IN THE 70’s UNTILL SHE MARRIED DONALD TRUMP WHO IS OLDER THAN HER DADDY CANT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL. HERE IS MICHELLE OBAMA’S FIRST LADY SPEECH MELANIA PLAGIARIZED AND READ FROM A TELEPROMPTER

      https://youtu.be/RV9PJQUXsKM

  4. I’m craving a breakfast taco, wonder if Jill can go find me one, or does anyone know where Jackie is? Maybe she can get me one.

  5. i wish cnn would get rid of don lemon for his crazy daily free speech. BRING ROBIN MEAD back and put her in that show with poppy and kaitlan!

  6. One way to end frequent meetings: hire people who have the ability to write informative and concise emails (or chats, Slack msgs, Teams msgs, etc.)! Also, we have to focus more on teaching writing skills to STEM students. This has become less of a liberal arts-only skill, and more of an essential skill which is needed to produce effective tech sector workers.
    I work with a lot of engineers and developers and one thing that they’re consistently lacking is writing ability. I feel like if everybody could better express themselves, more effectively and efficiently, in chat groups and emails, then they wouldn’t feel the need to call so many meetings, so that they can express themselves verbally, instead.

    1. Don`t you think it may be better to learn how to do it yourself? Why pay someone? Also, if you learn how to write about 6-8 basic forms that get what you want it will all be very easy. P.S. I teach people how to write effective emails. Any questions?

    2. As a middle manager who also cannot decline numerous unnecessary meetings coming from above AND below: there’s a trend in my sector away from long-term transparent planning towards constant tmeetings and overcommunucation. About half our meetings could be eliminated by returning to the policies of long term stated goals and staff responsibilities. Instead, we trended toward what we were told is a ” Google” office model of constant meetings, and everyone second- guessing each other too. [Science field here]. I now spend 75% of my day responding to emails, many of which are unneeded “check ins”. There’s a productive happy medium; Humans need face to face and e-communication, but it’s gone too far. People should be able to think and work independently.

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  8. I also see that if these EV vehicles catch on fire it takes well over eight hours to put them out.
    Where is a gas vehicle 15 maybe 20 minutes so you would think a lot of people would say no to the EV. Not to mention all the crap you got to have just to make the battery that eats up a lot of gas you’re not using batteries to get to the minerals that makes these batteries so really what good are they

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