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I have officially been in Beijing for 4 days now. I start this post with that admission, because before you read this I want you to know that I’m no expert on Beijing or China. Before this current trip, I have been here once before. Aside from a few useful phrases, I don’t really speak … Read more
As I tour around at events talking about why brands need to have a personality, a question that comes up often is about which brands don’t have a personality and suffer from facelessness. One of the most obvious categories that has built a dreadful reputation for itself is the wireless phone industry in the US. … Read more
Today I’m trying an interesting experiment with another author, David Vinjamuri. We are doing mirror interviews and posting them at the same time – so he asked me 10 questions about PNI and I asked him 10 about his new book called Accidental Branding. Aside from both being in the midst of the same challenge … Read more
One of the best discussions I managed to make it to at SXSW was also one of the smallest … a talk by Daniel H. Pink (author of A Whole New Mind) all about the rise of Manga. It is a topic I am particularly interested in because there is an entire passage in PNI … Read more
A big part of my job is about creativity. Coming up with ideas to help our clients stand out, and trying to add new thinking to every new engagement. As much as I appreciate the role of creativity in a place like a creative marketing agency that I work in … I also realize that … Read more
One day I am going to write a screenplay. I used to write plays, but to finally write a screenplay and try to sell it to Hollywood is a great ambition of mine that I will probably chase one day. But this blog is most definitely about marketing and not screenwriting. So why bring up … 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
There are a lot of resources out there for marketers. We read books and blog posts and articles and magazines and podcasts and video blogs and … well, let’s just say the list goes on and on. Like a lot of people in our industry, I follow a lot of links and have a lot … Read more
Time management is not an easy skill to learn. We all struggle everyday with finding the right amount of time to do all these things we need to do, and along the way we are bombarded with advice. Much of it falls into cliche advice like finding time for what’s "really important" in your life. … Read more
Non-Obvious Thinking is my latest book about the 4 secrets of becoming a non-obvious thinker - released 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.
