
Rohit Bhargava
Founder of the Non-Obvious Company & Best-Selling Business Author
Rohit Bhargava
Founder of the Non-Obvious Company & Best-Selling Business Author
Biography
Rohit Bhargava is an innovation and marketing expert, skilled facilitator, and keynote speaker. After a successful 15-year career as a brand and marketing strategist at two of the largest agencies in the world (Ogilvy and Leo Burnett), Rohit became an entrepreneur and has since started three companies. He is the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of nine books on topics as wide-ranging as the future of business, building a brand with personality, and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world and has delivered sold-out keynote presentations and workshops to business leaders in 32 countries.
As a keynote speaker, Rohit has been invited to share his insights at some of the most forward-looking organizations and stages in the world including Intel, NASA, Disney, JP Morgan Chase, LinkedIn, Microsoft, American Express, CES, SXSW, the World Bank, Coca-Cola and hundreds of others. At SXSW in particular, the long lines outside his popular Featured Session talks have wrapped around the entire Austin Convention Center and down the stairs to the lower level. After his packed session one year, an attendee tweeted after his talk that "he's no Beyonce, but definitely worth standing in line for." It's one of Rohit's favorite after-talk endorsements. He is indeed no Beyonce, but his sessions are still pretty darn entertaining.
The Non-Obvious Trends series which he first started as an online trend report and then turned into a book in 2015 became his signature publication, with annual editions for the next five years, and culminating in the international bestseller Non-Obvious Megatrends, which hit #1 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list and also the USA Today bestseller list. To date, the series has been read or shared by more than 1 million readers and won more than twenty international book awards including recognition by the Leonard L. Berry Marketing Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Business Book of the Year, and a Gold Medal in the Axiom Awards. His latest book, The Future Normal, co-authored with Henry Coutinho-Mason was released in March 2023.
Outside of his consulting work, Rohit also teaches his popular signature course on storytelling and marketing at Georgetown University in Washington DC and has been invited to deliver guest lectures at many other prestigious schools including Stanford and Wharton. For the past 17 years, Rohit has also been writing his personal “Influential Marketing Blog” which has been featured in global media and named one of the top 25 marketing blogs in the world by AdAge magazine. He is regularly interviewed and featured as an expert commentator in global media including Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, and NPR. Rohit also writes a monthly column for GQ magazine in Brazil on technology and trends.
Thanks to his many years of sharing insights, Rohit has been recognized alongside visionary business leaders like Sir Richard Branson and Tom Peters as a “Top 100 Thought Leader in Trustworthy Business Behavior” and was named by global recruiting firm Korn Ferry as one of the “Most Influential South Asians In Media and Entertainment.”
On a personal level, Rohit is married and lives with his wife and two boys in the Washington DC area. He is a lifelong fan of anything having to do with the Olympics (he’s been to five so far and is really looking forward to Paris 2024!) and actively avoids anything having to do with cauliflower (yuck!). Outside of work, Rohit believes that the most entertaining and impactful job he will ever have is being a great dad and teaching his sons to be kind when no one expects it, curious about the things others take for granted, and confident enough to change the world.
Speaker Videos
KEYNOTE Innovation Trends and Marketing
Speaking Reel
Rohit Bhargava: The 4 Elements of Non-Obvious Thinking | SXSW 2024
15 Non-Obvious Trends Shaping Our Future Normal with Rohit Bhargava | SXSW 2023
Innovation, Trends, Marketing, and Diversity
Rheem Keynote | How To Be A Non-Obvious Thinker with Rohit Bhargava
Becoming a Non-Obvious Thinker
People Who Understand People Always Win
Three Barriers to Predicting The Future
7 Non-Obvious Trends Changing the Future | SXSW 2019
Rheem Keynote | How To Be A Non-Obvious Thinker with Rohit Bhargava
Speech Topics
How To Be A Non-Obvious Thinker (And See What Others Miss)
Break free of conventional thinking and be more creative. What is the secret to being more innovative every day? For the past decade, Rohit Bhargava has advised some of the most pioneering organizations in the world from NASA to Disney on how to see what others miss. This keynote will reveal his signature four-step method to having better ideas. The future belongs to Non-Obvious Thinkers and this is your guide to becoming one yourself.
5 Non-Obvious Trends Shaping The Future Normal
Anticipate the future and learn to leverage world changing trends. What are the non-obvious trends shaping the future? In this candid and fast-paced session based on the bestselling book that has inspired more than 1 million readers, trend curator Rohit Bhargava will spotlight 5 world-changing trends that matter. This is a pull-no-punches, always entertaining, constantly surprising, highly actionable (and deeply non-obvious!) glimpse into what the future will look like ... and what you can do to win.
The Art & Science of Non-Obvious Marketing (In A Skeptical World)
Be more believable, build trust and stand out from the competition. We are living through a modern believability crisis. To win in a skeptical world, you need to be more human. This funny and insightful keynote from award-winning marketing expert Rohit Bhargava will reveal the five secrets for earning attention in a world filled with distractions. Through a digestible collection of purposeful stories, Rohit will shine a spotlight on what actually works to command attention, build loyalty and generate real results.
Non-Obvious Secrets For Building Trust In An AI-Disrupted World
Stand out as more human to win the future in a disrupted world. In a disrupted world, who will win the future? For the last decade, Rohit Bhargava has studied human behavior, storytelling and persuasion. As AI fundamentally resets daily work and life, only the trustworthy will survive. In this keynote Rohit will reveal what it takes for effective leadership and trust-building today. The people who understand people always win. This keynote will teach you how to be one of them.
Testimonials
Books & Media
Books
Non-Obvious Thinking: How to See What Others Miss
Non-Obvious 2019: How To Predict Trends And Win The Future (Non-Obvious Trends Series)
The Non-Obvious Guide To Small Business Marketing (Without A Big Budget) (Non-Obvious Guides)
Always Eat Left Handed: 15 Surprising Secrets For Killing It At Work And In Real Life