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Last night Hulu continued their partnership with Facebook to allow people to watch the premiere of highly anticipated Fall TV shows such as Heroes and The Office with their Facebook friends through a "social TV" app. With this latest effort, they are trying to popularize a concept that has been talked about among the techno-elite … Read more
Late last week I had the opportunity to be part of a unique event for the Washington DC area. Dubbed "All Access Fashion" – the three day event was part of Washington's response to NY's Fashion Week and featured many luxury retailers participating in runway shows and customer events hosted at one of the largest … Read more
Earlier this month, the IFC channel launched a new three part mini-series called Bollywood Hero that featured the story of an American actor (Chris Kattan) who decides to leave Hollywood for Bollywood to become a leading man. The show aired in early August and has been replaying on the channel since then. I found it … Read more
Last night was the season finale of the TV show Lost – and just in case you haven’t watched it and have it sitting on DVR waiting for you, don’t worry … there are no spoilers in this post. Actually, though I’m an enthusiast of the show, the reason for this post isn’t to gush … Read more
As a parent, I appreciate reverse psychology. My kids are still at the age where it works, so I’m a big fan. Apparently when they become teenagers, it still works but only if you tell them not to do something. The problem is that it is usually something that you actually don’t want them to … Read more
Last night during the big game, I joined a large group of marketing and social media types to share some live thoughts about the Super Bowl ads through Twitter (sending them to the @superbowlads user account). The aptly named "Twitterbowl" consisted of lots of folks live rating ads and sharing some feedback about the ads … Read more
Would you join a book of the month club? How about taking the packaged tour to see the sights at a new travel destination instead of exploring them on your own? There was a time when I didn’t understand why anyone would choose something like that. After all, if you can have all the fun … Read more
When you watch a film, do you notice which hand the character on screen is holding the gun in? And if you do, would you notice if in a following scene, the gun happened to be in the wrong hand? I guarantee you anyone who has ever worked on editing a film will notice this. … Read more
Many of you may have already caught this yesterday, but this blog was cited in the Recommended Reading section of the Wall Street Journal yesterday in an article by Keith Huang. As Jay Berkowitz from Ten Golden Rules shares on his team blog, my blog was one of 60 resources that they recommended to the … Read more
Today is India’s 60th Anniversary of Independence and there is lots of discussion on Indian blogs about the significance of this day and what it means for the country. It will come as no surprise for admirers of the Bollywood film industry that India’s culture is one driven by film and music. The blockbuster Bollywood … Read more
Non-Obvious Thinking is my latest book about the 4 secrets of becoming a non-obvious thinker - relesaed 10/01/2024.
Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Non-Obvious Company and the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten books.
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In addition to Non-Obvious Thinking, Rohit is the author of 10 books on trends, the future of business, building a more human brand with storytelling and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world.
