Ride The Wave [Paperback]

In her groundbreaking book Ride the Wave, Sherry Cooper maps the forces of the global economic and financial landscape of the future. There is only one pace in today's world: hectic. Volatility is without precedent, while the pace of change has never been greater on a planet that never sleeps.

This is the Acceleration Age — a time of innovation, transformation and high energy. Things happen faster and more aggressively than ever before, and stability and predictability are becoming increasingly rare. Businesses that have a leading edge one day might find themselves in serious trouble the next — the list of fallen angels has increased explosively. Frightening as the volatility might be, it is also laden with opportunity, growth and excitement. We are in the early days of an upwave in the innovation cycle. This is a great once-in-a-lifetime cycle. Gyrations can be frightening, but the trend will be up.

Ride the Wave is essential reading for business leaders and individuals looking to where our economy and business culture are headed in the coming years. Knowing the world will continue to change rapidly and anticipating the direction is an imperative task. Careers and businesses must be dynamic, not static, anticipating and responding to the forces at work. People who understand and harness the forces will build new fortunes and successfully ride the rocky waves of change.

Dr. Sherry Cooper is Chief Economist of BMO Nesbitt Burns and Global Economic Strategist for the Bank of Montreal in Toronto and for the Harris Bank in Chicago. She is the most widely quoted economist in Canada and has a significant global following.

She is the author of the Canadian national bestseller The Cooper Files. Dr. Cooper gives more than two hundred speeches each year, is a former member of the Barron's Economic Roundtable, writes a bi-weekly column for the National Post and makes regular appearances on CNN, CNBC, CBC and CTV. She lives in Toronto.