<p>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.</p><p>He is the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> best selling author of six books on topics as wide ranging as the future of business and building a brand with personality and has delivered sold out keynote presentations and workshops to business leaders in 32 countries. His signature book <i>Non-Obvious</i> is updated annually with 15 new trend predictions, has been read and shared by more than 1 million readers and is translated in ten languages. Rohit has been invited to share his insights at some of the most forward-looking organizations in the world including Intel, NASA, Disney, JP Morgan Chase, LinkedIn, Microsoft, American Express, BP, the World Bank, Coca-Cola and hundreds of others.</p><p>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 14 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 <i>AdAge </i>magazine. He is regularly interviewed and featured as an expert commentator in global media including <i>Harvard Business Review</i>, <i>The Guardian</i>, and NPR. Rohit also writes a monthly column for <i>GQ</i> magazine in Brazil on technology and trends.</p><p>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.”</p><p>On a personal level, Rohit is married and lives with his wife and two young boys in the Washington DC area. He 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.</p>
Branding expert, best-selling author, and founder of the Non-Obvious Company
<ul><li><strong>The Future Normal: How to Anticipate What Comes Next & Trends That Matter</strong></li><li>Futuristic ideas are now becoming daily realities and going mainstream. What are the biggest trends shaping our future? In this engaging session inspired by Rohit’s book, you’ll get a look at some of the biggest trends that matter in a world shaped by the pandemic and you’ll leave with new ideas for how to win in a disrupted future.</li><li><span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"><strong></span>Believable: How to be More Trusted in a Skeptical World Using Storytelling<span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"></strong></span></li><li>We are living in a time when it is harder to earn trust than ever before. People skip ads, mistrust brands and have access to information and insight at their fingertips. What does it take for any organization to succeed in the world of empowered consumers where every brand and every leader faces a new sort of modern believability crisis? This entertaining and highly actionable talk will reveal the five fundamental secrets of building trust and what it really takes to stand out as real, human and trusted in an untrusting world. </li><li><span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"><strong></span>How To Be More Innovative (and Predict the Future) <span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"></strong></span></li><li>What does it take to bring more innovative thinking into your organization? It is easy to think of innovation as a big ambitious and unreachable goal. We live in a business culture that celebrates innovation and creativity, but too often this priority is pushed to outside groups or feels too big to tackle. How can any team learn the right skills to anticipate and win the future by being more innovative every day? This keynote has the answer.</li><li><strong>Workshops and Masterclasses<span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 60);"></strong></span></li><li>Want to go deeper? Learn more about Rohit’s series of Masterclasses and Workshops that can be delivered virtually or in person for your team in a half or full day format with actionable exercises, customized content and practical tools to help your team build skills and win the future.</li></ul>