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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 another key directive: Have fewer meetings.”We all spend too much time in meetings that are not effective, and it’s slowing us down,” Mosseri wrote. He said employees should have biweekly 1-on-1 meetings and decline meetings that fall during their “focus blocks.” Every six months, staff should cancel all recurring meetings and “only re-add the ones that are absolutely necessary,” he added.Experts who spoke with CNBC Make It said it’s…

Rob Walton, left, Walmart retired chairman of the board, and Walmart board member Steuart Walton listen at the Walmart annual formal business and shareholders meeting in Rogers, Arkansas, on May 30, 2018. Walmart shareholders from around the world can attend meetings throughout the week.Rick T. Wilking | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Walmart stock has soared 25% this year, putting America’s largest retailer on track to a $1 trillion market cap. At the…

Mikel Arteta described Noni Madueke’s opening goal in Arsenal’s Champions League win over Club Brugge as a “magic moment” but, as he knows as well as anyone, it did not come from nowhere. It was the result of hours of repetition on the training pitch.Madueke works exhaustively to hone his game, supplementing his club training with individual work overseen by a personal skills coach whose help he first enlisted some four years ago when seeking to maximise his talent as a teenager at PSV Eindhoven. Their first sessions took place during the off-season in summer 2021, after which Madueke returned…

A home is shown for sale in The Heights in Houston, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.Kirk Sides | Houston Chronicle | Getty ImagesHome prices have finally come down compared with last year, though just fractionally, according to daily reads from Parcl Labs, which looks at high-frequency listing data on single-family homes, condos and townhomes, both new and existing. They may stay softer, though, as home prices are down 1.4% in just the last three months.On a national level, home prices have not gone negative since mid-2023, a year after the Federal Reserve first brought rates up from zero, and mortgage rates…

Becoming a dad was one of the biggest things that motivated me to take control of my finances. I never wanted my kids, now 12 and 9, to feel overwhelmed or intimidated by money.So before I turned 40, my wife and I paid off more than $250,000 of debt, started investing, and built a net worth of $1 million. Along the way, we launched Parent Portfolio, a personal finance blog to help other people build wealth and raise money-smart kids.Talking about money is a regular practice in our home. Our kids don’t see money as a mystery box, but as…

As the founder and CEO of Boll & Branch, Scott Tannen oversees the work of some 275 employees — most of whom he’s personally interviewed.He estimates he’s interviewed upwards of 1,000 people and hired 400 to 500 over the course of his career.Whether he’s interviewing a prospective intern or someone joining the C-suite, Tannen tells CNBC Make It he always asks one question first: What do you know about Boll & Branch?It’s a straightforward question that sets the tone quickly and can help him uncover a big warning sign.”I think when people have not done their homework, that is the…

Artificial intelligence may transform hiring across several industries — but a few skills can help most people safeguard their future careers, according to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.”[AI] will eliminate jobs. That doesn’t mean that people won’t have other jobs,” Dimon told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” on Sunday. “My advice to people would be critical thinking … learn EQ [emotional quotient, also known as emotional intelligence], learn how to be good in a meeting, how to communicate, how to write. You’ll have plenty of jobs.”Dimon’s prediction comes during somewhat of an AI reckoning across the American workforce. Some experts…

Steve Eisman of “The Big Short” fame said he is starting to worry that the artificial intelligence boom may rest on shakier ground than investors assume. “The Real Eisman Playbook” podcast host and former Neuberger Berman senior portfolio manager said he encountered a theory suggesting that as large language models continue to scale, their performance gains could begin to diminish, challenging the premise that ever-larger models will keep delivering breakthrough improvements. “The large language models, as they keep scaling, which is the model that everybody has, will start to lose their efficaciousness,” Eisman said Thursday on CNBC’s ” Squawk Box. ” “The…

The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday announced it will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI and will allow users to make videos with its copyrighted characters on its Sora app.OpenAI launched Sora in September, and it allows users to create short videos by simply typing in a prompt. As part of the startup’s new three-year licensing agreement with Disney, Sora users will be able make content with more than 200 characters across Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars starting next year. “The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence marks an important moment for our industry, and through this collaboration with OpenAI we…

Art Basel Miami Beach racked up strong sales and attendance last week, as the art market rode a wave of renewed confidence following the strong November auctions in New York.More than 80,000 collectors and art fans poured into the Miami Convention Center for the annual art show, with several works selling for over $1 million. Collectors from the U.S., Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa visited the more than 280 galleries at the show, along with multiple art fairs and pop-up exhibits throughout Miami.After nearly three years of declining auction sales and shuttered galleries, dealers and advisors say the…