David Lidsky's Blog, page 60

Not spending is trending

Financially anxious Americans are tightening their purse strings and posting about it on TikTok.

In 2025, if you’re still relying on spreadsheets and sheer willpower to manage your budget—what are you doing? 

Regenerative thinking will help businesses prosper

Companies that champion regeneration will create healthier economies, healthier societies, and a healthier planet.

For generations, businesses were built on an extractive model: take resources, create products, generate profit, repeat. It was efficient but not enduring. With today’s extreme weather events, resource scarcity, social unrest, and declining employee sense of well-being, the cracks in that model are increasingly hard to ignore.

Staying on top means never standing still

Discover the transformation playbook for legacy brands

In an age obsessed with the new and the next, creating sustained business success is an art form but a hard craft to master. The headlines tell the story. Starbucks is on its third CEO in five years. HBO changed its name, then changed it back again. Nike is slowly returning to form after three years of share decline.

Here’s why women CEOs lead differently

Female leaders are often held to a higher standard than male leaders.

Although there are now 55 female CEOs among the top 500 U.S. companies, female representation is still only 11%.

The healthcare crisis none of us can afford

Financial anxiety is harming people’s health and preventing them from getting care.

Millions of individuals and families across the U.S. are trapped in a vicious cycle. Financial concerns like inflation and housing costs are harming their mental health, and the rising cost of healthcare—another major concern for households—is preventing them from getting the care they need. That makes all of their health problems worse, and the cycle keeps spinning faster and faster.

Celsius energy drink cans mistakenly contain vodka seltzer in High Noon recall posted by the FDA

A labeling error at a shared packaging facility has resulted in a mix-up that could have potentially serious consequences. Here’s what to know.

High Noon has recalled certain shipments of 12-packs due to a potentially serious labeling error. The packs of High Noon alcoholic drinks include cans that were labeled as Celsius energy drinks but in fact contain vodka seltzer, according to a recall notice posted this week by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Trump sets 25% tariff on India and penalties for trade with Russia

India buys military equipment and oil from Russia, enabling Moscow’s war in Ukraine—leading to the additional penalties.

The United States will impose a 25% tariff on goods from India, plus an additional import tax because of India’s purchasing of Russian oil, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

The Trump administration might overhaul the U.S. patent system

The Commerce Department is considering charging patent holders between 1% and 5% of their overall patent value.

Holding a patent could be a lot costlier for businesses and founders in the years to come. The Trump administration is reportedly considering a substantial change to the patent process, which would raise trillions of dollars for the government but could substantially increase fees for patent holders.

4 Steps for a success scale-up

Moving from pilot line to production line isn’t as simple as adding another shift.

If you’ve proven your product on a pilot line, and it’s time to turn up real-world production, beware because many companies stumble on their first large-scale build.

Recycled batteries contain critical minerals

Recovering critical minerals from end-of-life batteries will increase our global competitiveness.

Critical minerals underpin our country’s transition to energy dominance. These minerals are found in everything from battery storage to geothermal technology, nuclear energy, transportation, and more.

Without critical minerals we cannot produce batteries, and without batteries we cannot power the devices we use every day in business and at home. Our reliance on batteries is only expected to increase. According to the International Energy Agency, global battery manufacturing capacity reached 3 terawatt-hours in 2024. The agency predicts that we could see another tripling of production in the next five years.

For the United States to be a legitimate contender in this sector, we need to increase our access to critical minerals. This means diversifying our supply chains and becoming leading producers of these metals. To do this, we need to understand where and how our nation sources these materials. We also need to share the benefits of battery recycling as a primary source of these materials with a broader audience.