Rohit Bhargava
Rohit Bhargava
Non-Obvious Company Founder & Chief Trend Curator
Rohit Bhargava is on a mission to inspire more non-obvious thinking in the world. He is the 3-time Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of nine books and is widely considered one of the most entertaining and original speakers on trends, innovation and marketing in the world.
Rohit is one of the most popular speakers every year at SXSW Austin and has been invited to deliver sold-out keynotes and workshops in 32 countries around the world to change the way teams and leaders think at the World Bank, NASA, Intel, LinkedIn, MetLife, Under Armour, Univision, Disney and hundreds of other well-known organizations.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur and founding two companies, he spent 15 years leading brand strategy at Ogilvy and Leo Burnett Australia (based in Sydney for five years) where he advised global brands on human behavior, marketing and storytelling.
Outside his speaking and consulting, Rohit has taught persuasive speaking and global marketing as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, is frequently quoted in the global media and writes a monthly column on trends for GQ magazine in Brazil.
Rohit lives in the Washington DC area with his wife and is a proud dad of two boys. He loves the Olympics (he’s been to five!) and actively hates cauliflower.
Rohit is one of the most popular speakers every year at SXSW Austin and has been invited to deliver sold-out keynotes and workshops in 32 countries around the world to change the way teams and leaders think at the World Bank, NASA, Intel, LinkedIn, MetLife, Under Armour, Univision, Disney and hundreds of other well-known organizations.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur and founding two companies, he spent 15 years leading brand strategy at Ogilvy and Leo Burnett Australia (based in Sydney for five years) where he advised global brands on human behavior, marketing and storytelling.
Outside his speaking and consulting, Rohit has taught persuasive speaking and global marketing as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, is frequently quoted in the global media and writes a monthly column on trends for GQ magazine in Brazil.
Rohit lives in the Washington DC area with his wife and is a proud dad of two boys. He loves the Olympics (he’s been to five!) and actively hates cauliflower.
Related Sessions
Featured Session: Rohit Bhargava - How Non-Obvious Thinkers Change the World
TUE, OCT 17, 10:30 AM
Conference
Inspired by his standing-room only talks from SXSW in Austin, this all-new featured session from Rohit Bhargava will offer a behind the scenes look at why some world changing ideas survive while others die. Drawing from more than a decade of trend insights and #1 WSJ bestselling book, Rohit will share new ideas that can help anyone think like a futurist - no matter what industry you work in. His global perspective, built from his work in 32 countries around the world (including several years living in Sydney and Manila) will also make these lessons immediately relevant to the region. The future belongs to non-obvious thinkers and you can be one of them. Come to this session to find out how.
Non-Obvious 7 Minute Meet Up
TUE, OCT 17, 12:30 PM
Conference
SXSW can feel overwhelming, no matter where in the world you're coming from. In this "flash mob style" meetup (the shortest one at SXSW!), you'll get introduced to new friends, learn the non-obvious secret to great networking, and pick up some fun branded swag ... all in seven minutes!
Inspired by the viral meetup that took SXSW by storm in Austin earlier this year, this quick meetup is hosted by Rohit Bhargava and his team from the Non-Obvious Company. Be sure to arrive on time ... we're serious about those seven minutes!
Be there for 12:32 start time!
Rohit Bhargava - Non-Obvious Podcast: The Future of Boredom
MON, OCT 16, 2:00 PM
Conference
What happens in a world without space or time to be bored?
Every waiting moment can now be filled with something. Reading, streaming, listening - all of it keeps us from the undesirable tedium of being bored. Boredom can be painful, but it can also open new spaces in our minds. So if we lose the ability to be bored, will we give up something important?
In this conversation we bring together an award-winning investigative humorist who uses comedy to make climate related stories accessible and a digital behavior expert (and creator of the term “zombie scrolling”) as we take a non-boring look at the importance of being bored … and what happens if a new generation grows up with an inability to understand what it feels like or why it might matter.
With Rohit Bhargava, Dan Ilic and Dr Joanne Orlando .
