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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
NOTE: THIS POST IS AN ENTRY INTO THE SVAMA MARKETING THOUGHT PUBLISHING CONTEST There is a gap in online marketing today. Despite the rising budgets being allocated to online advertising, the distribution of this money is not equal. Even as thousands of new blogs and social networks are created, the vast majority of online ad … Read more
There is a restaurant in the Washington DC area called Cassatts which is the only location in all of DC where you can get a flat white. For most people that might not mean much, but for anyone who has lived in Australia or New Zealand, the thought of starting a morning without your flat … Read more
In the industry I work in, it’s easy to get overly passionate about all of the new sites emerging every day that fit into this Web2.0 classification the industry has created. The majority of these sites are willing to trade short term revenue for the prospect of building up a user base. New users have … Read more
Here’s a fact: if you get naked and run across the football field at an NFL game, you won’t get on television. The World Cup and most international soccer leagues have also instituted the same policy. If a streaker makes it onto the field, the television cameras cut away from the action and the commentators … 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.
