While some people think about a five-year plan, Nik Modi prefers to look much further into the future. As a managing directing at RBC Capital Markets, an affiliate of City National Bank, Modi has a keen grasp on financial analytics. He and his team have produced Imagine: Preparing for Hyperdrive, an in-depth report based on surveys and research into more than 1,400 companies that identifies the disruptive forces that will transform the world in the decades ahead.

Modi, a sell-side analyst for more than 15 years, joined RBC Capital Markets in 2013. He focuses on industries such as beverages, household personal care and packaged goods. Modi consistently ranks among the top analysts in surveys done by financial media such as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Forbes.

“Covering these diverse segments taught me something important: Everything is connected," Modi said. “There are lessons from each sector that can be relevant to all the other sectors."

Modi recently joined Rich Raffetto, president of City National Bank, for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities of the future and how cross-sector collaboration can make everyone from investors, to consumers, to company leaders smarter.

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