--- title: "JPMorgan CEO Says Something Everyone Can Agree On: “Kill Meetings” and Corporate Jargon" description: "The heads of banks get paid the big bucks for a reason — and the latest missive from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is a perfect exemplar. " date: "2025-04-22" modified: "2025-04-22" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/jpmorgan-ceo-meetings-jargon" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "banking" - "finance" - "jpmorgan" - "meetings" --- # JPMorgan CEO Says Something Everyone Can Agree On: “Kill Meetings” and Corporate Jargon ![The heads of banks get paid the big bucks for a reason — and the latest missive from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is a perfect exemplar. ]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* As much as we wish it weren't so, the heads of big banks like JPMorgan get paid the big bucks for a reason — and the latest missive from Jamie Dimon, the institution's CEO and chair, is a perfect exemplar. Clocking in at a whopping 57 pages without footnotes, [Dimon's annual investor letter]() pulled no punches when pillorying everyone's least favorite part of work. "Kill meetings," the JPMorgan chair wrote. "But when they do happen, they have to start on time and end on time — and someone's got to lead them." So chagrined was Dimon at mismanaged meetings that he not only dedicated an entire paragraph to how much he hates them in a sub-section about how companies must "kill bureaucracy all the time and relentlessly," but also mentioned them several other times in the lengthy letter. "There should also be a purpose to every meeting and always a follow-up list," the CEO advised. "Sometimes we think we’re just being nice by inviting people to a meeting who don’t have to be there." In what was perhaps a reference to the "[this meeting could have been an email]()" meme, Dimon insisted that "if one is required," everyone involved should "make it count." Far from a luddite, the banker has [long been skeptical]() of the tech sector. Those sentiments were on full display in this year's letter when he trashed people who can't seem to stay off their phones when they're supposed to be paying attention. "I see people in meetings all the time who are getting notifications and personal texts or who are reading emails," Dimon wrote. "This has to stop. It’s disrespectful. It wastes time." During an aside towards the end of the note, the CEO also provided, apropos to almost nothing, a tip to "synergy"-happy managers. "Avoid management pablum," Dimon said. "It’s a pet peeve of mine. Talk like you speak — get rid of the jargon." Regardless of how we personally feel about big banks and their relationship to politics and society, this guy is one of the most influential people in the finance world. Hopefully, the type of people who read Dimon's investor letters religiously will heed his advice. **More on finance:** [*CEO of Bank of America Says It'll Launch a Stablecoin as Soon as It's Legal*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()