Non-Obvious 2016 Edition: How To Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future (Non-Obvious Trends) - Softcover

Bhargava, Rohit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1940858151 ISBN 13: 9781940858159

Publisher: Ideapress Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

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How does the dramatic decline of golf explain the boom in sales of music on vinyl? What can the world’s most exclusive restaurants teach you about the future of consumption? What cultural trend unites a transgender six year old, a Somali supermodel, and a Canadian Prime Minister?

The answers to these questions may not be all that obvious. And that’s exactly the point.

Non-Obvious delves into the curation process the author has used for years to build his Trend Reports and takes readers behind the scenes of trend curation (much to the delight of past readers who have been asking about this for years), and show them the methodology they can use to predict the future for themselves.

In this sixth edition, discover how to use the power of non-obvious thinking to grow your business and make a bigger impact in the world. Non-Obvious is filled with entertaining insights like how a pioneering comedy- club charging audiences per laugh may forecast the future of consumption or how a wave of tech firms hiring yogis and offering classes in mindfulness may change the overall culture of business.

Trends featured in this year’s report include: E-mpulse Buying, Strategic Downgrading, Optimistic Aging, B2Beyond, Personality Mapping, Branded Utility, Mainstream Multiculturalism, Earned Consumption, Anti-Stereotyping, Virtual Empathy, Data Overflow, Heroic Design, Insourced Incubation, Automated Adulthood, and Obsessive Productivity.

Non-Obvious takes a brutally honest look back at more than 60 previous trends from 2011 to 2015, providing an honest assessment of what came true, what was a dud, and why it matters.

In the end Non-Obvious is a book that will show you how to think different, curate your ideas and get better at predicting what will be important tomorrow based on learning to better observe patterns in the world today.

About this title

About the Author:

Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Influential Marketing Group, and an expert in helping brands and leaders be more influential. He is the author of five best selling books on topics as wide ranging as the future of healthcare, building a brand with personality, and why leaders never eat cauliflower. Rohit has advised hundreds of global brands and is a Professor of Marketing at Georgetown University. A two-time TEDx speaker, Rohit has been invited to keynote events in 27 countries and is regularly quoted in media outlets including The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and NPR.

Review:

"Sharp, articulate, and immediately useful."
- DANIEL H. PINK Author of To Sell Is Human and Drive

"Insightful blend of visual thinking and business strategy."
- SUNNI BROWN Author of Gamestorming and The Doodle Revolution

"A blueprint for making trend identification a key component of your business strategy."
- JOEY COLEMAN Chief Experience Composer at Design Symphony

"Rohit shows us how and where to find the future ..."
- SALLY HOGSHEAD NY Times Best Selling Author

"If you believe in a lifetime of learning, read this book."
- JONATHAN BECHER Chief Marketing Officer at SAP

"One of those rare books that delivers ... a great read!"
- CHARLES DUHIGG Author of The Power Of Habit

"A goldmine of ideas and trends."
- GUY KAWASAKI Chief Evangelist of Canva and Author of The Art of the Start, 2.0

"Insightful, thought provoking and illuminating!"
- SHIV SINGH SVP Global Head of Digital Transformation at VISA

"Generous, insightful and actionable."
- BERNADETTE JIWA Bestselling Author, Blogger & Speaker

"It gets better every year!"
- RYAN HOLIDAY Author of Trust Me I'm Lying and Growth Hacker Marketing

--Praise for Non-Obvious

About this edition

• Publisher: Ideapress Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1940858151
• ISBN 13: 9781940858159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322