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I used to sit in the front seat of a taxi. In Australia, if you are male and riding in a cab alone – it is standard practice. Every time I would come home to America while I was living in Sydney, I would delight in telling this little known quirk to my American friends … Read more
Before making their way into dishes served by 5 star restaurants around the world, black truffles start their journey to the plate by being discovered and licked by a dog (or pig). Is that the kind of delicacy you are interested in? When you think about it, a lot of what we strive for or … Read more
When it comes to social media tools, most are not gender specific. That’s a good thing, as it means they can be uniformly useful for everyone, but it’s a sign of evolution when more specifically targeted sites start to appear. It happened with websites and now the same seems to be happening with several new … Read more
I don’t wear ties. It’s not so much a rule as it is a preferred statement – learned over being in the interactive industry for more than ten years. Instead, I often wear button down shirts, which leads me to the most serious of all wardrobe questions that men around the world deal with on … Read more
Last night I saw a drum solo as part of the A.R. Rahman concert here in DC. For those who don’t know, A.R. Rahman is as close as any modern day man can get to being a god in India. He is the music composer (and sometimes voice) behind many of the most popular Bollywood … Read more
This blog quietly turned two years old about two weeks ago – and though it was tempting to do a post just about that, there was a good reason for waiting. Today I have two announcements – one relatively small and one relatively big. The first small one, is that I have rebranded this blog … Read more
Last week I was invited to do a podcast interview as part of the Social Media Today Weekly Podcast series being put together by Maggie Fox. I am part of a group called the Social Media Collective which is a group of bloggers that write often about social media and it’s impact on business and … Read more
This morning, I was taking a flight to Detroit on Northwest and using their automated kiosk to check in. During checking in, the seat selection screen was filled with options and additional prices that you could pay in order to "upgrade" your seat from a middle seat to a window or exit row. Ok, I … Read more
The Target retail store near our house opens at 9am, while most every other store in the area opens at 10. Is that one hour really a big deal? Perhaps not for most people – but for my wife who drops off my son at school every morning at 9 and needs to pick him … Read more
Almost everyone I know is sharing photos online with family, and some more web savvy families have full groups set up online to correspond with other family members across the world. Over the last few weeks, I have come across several social networks aimed at helping families to communicate with one another. The solutions range … 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.
