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Today, global lithium production runs roughly 1.2 million tons per year. Analysts project demand will grow 5X by 2040 and the world isn’t producing enough. Morgan Stanley has flagged an 80,000-ton shortage emerging in the near term as demand from EV manufacturers accelerates faster than new supply can come online.Why?

As past president of Columbia Records, founder of Arista Records and J Records, and chairman of RCA Music Group, Davis could open his own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame based solely on the artists he has discovered and/or signed. Still at it as chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment, Davis has an office on the top floor of the Sony building in New York City. When he travels to LA (every six weeks or so), The Beverly Hills Hotel is his home base.

Harris Beber has spent his career following one through line: understanding what motivates people and drives behavior. From selling flowers at 1-800-Flowers right after the dot-com bust, to diapers at Amazon, photo books at Shutterfly, and on through Vimeo, Waze, and Google Workspace, Beber has built a reputation as a marketer who translates deep customer empathy into bold, measurable strategy.

We’re in one of the biggest inflection points most of us have ever known. The rapid advancement of AI, the fallout from geopolitical tensions, cost of living pressures and an aging population all bring uncertainty and opportunity. The landscape is rapidly changing and at times it feels hard to make sense of what it means for business let alone catch up with the change.

Leadership is a word people use often but rarely understand. And even rarer–possess. It’s not an aesthetic. Not a performance. Not a title. It is a person that has the strength to inspire, empower, motivate, and build more leaders. The measure of a leader isn’t what they control–it’s what they create. Leadership isn’t about holding onto power. It’s about developing people and placing them in positions where they can win. A leader isn’t someone trying to control the entire operation.

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At some point in your career, you probably made a decision, without even realising it, that exhaustion was the price of ambition. If eight hours of work a day is good, then ten is better and twelve makes you really important. Rest was something you earned, not needed, and somewhere along the way running yourself ragged became your status quo. The senior leaders who sustain high performance are not the ones who work the hardest.

There is a moment every volatility trader knows well. You run the backtest, the numbers look clean, the Sharpe ratio is sitting pretty, and you feel like you have found something real. Then the market does something the model never saw coming, and you watch the trade unwind in ways that no historical simulation ever prepared you for. I have been in that seat before.

Everyone talks about growth like it’s the only goal that matters. Open more locations. Sign more leases. Add more brands to the portfolio. Yes, those things are important. But after going from 15 travel centers to more than 82 in under two years, I can tell you that the real challenge isn’t getting bigger, it’s making sure every part of your business grows at the same pace.

You probably remember a brand that shaped your taste. A store you walked into in your twenties that made you think differently about what a room could feel like. For a generation of design-forward consumers, that store was Z Gallerie — bold, glamorous, and unapologetically expressive. Then, like too many beloved names in home furnishings, it went quiet. Two bankruptcy filings. Twenty-one stores closed. By late 2023, the brand existed only as a memory and a warehouse in Gardena, California.