ROHIT BHARGAVA - A NON-OBVIOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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Rohit Bhargava has spent nearly twenty years using his platform to advocate for women in business - starting with his 2008 Personality Project and continuing through trend predictions like Rise of Women and Fierce Femininity that spotted cultural shifts years ahead of the mainstream. He co-authored Beyond Diversity with Jennifer Brown and co-founded the Beyond Diversity Summit. As a vocal male ally, he has been invited to keynote the renowned AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration and has taken the stage events from Female Quotient, and Women in Technology. A 3-time WSJ bestselling author of eleven books, Rohit has spoken in 32 countries. He loves the Olympics and actively hates cauliflower.
In 2008, Rohit launched The Personality Project, a series inviting business leaders to share what personality meant to their success. The response he heard most often came from women entrepreneurs and executives, which led him to create a dedicated companion effort focused on their stories.
The free ebook that resulted, Women of Personality, grew from 20 contributors in its first edition (April 2009) to 40 in its second edition (October 2009). Contributors included founders, CEOs, bestselling authors, popular bloggers, and even the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
More than a decade after the Personality Project, Rohit co-authored Beyond Diversity with Jennifer Brown and co-founded the Beyond Diversity Summit, described as “The World’s Most Ambitious Gathering on Belonging.” The summit has brought together 203 speakers across 53 sessions and 12 themes, with many sessions focused on advancing women in leadership and business.
Watch some recent videos from Rohit's social media accounts all about non-obvious thinking and some ideas that may be relevant for your audience:
For the past 15 years, Rohit's trend research and books have frequently focused on spotlighting the biggest trends in the women's conferences industry. Here are just a few from his past research that are still deeply relevant for women's conferences professionals and that he often integrates into his trend presentations.
Traditional gender divisions and labels are getting replaced with a more fluid understanding of gender identity, forcing a reevaluation of how we see employees, customers, brands and one another.
More On This TrendDiversity efforts that stop at product tweaks and ad campaigns are running out of credibility while the cost of exclusion keeps mounting. Citigroup put racial gaps at $16 trillion in lost US economic output over 20 years, and McKinsey…
More On This TrendFlexibility is moving past the question of where people work to how a job is divided in the first place, including two people sharing a single role. Around 40 percent of Fortune 100 companies offer job sharing, yet fewer than 3 percent of…
More On This TrendAs individualism rises globally, people are carefully cultivating how they are perceived both online and offline, chasing stardom, and making themselves vulnerable to criticism in the process.
More On This TrendLoneliness is being treated less as private misfortune and more as a design problem that housing, policy and media can help solve. Putting generations back into daily contact turns out to help the young as much as the old. In the future…
More On This TrendCooperatives, mutual societies and credit unions are centuries old and enormous, yet they remain rare among the fastest-growing digital startups even though those business models are networked and community-powered by design. The startup…
More On This TrendOver the past few years the fierce, independent woman has emerged, redefining femininity and reimagining gender roles.
More On This TrendAs pop culture promotes strong female characters, the world starts to imagine a world run by women.
More On This TrendRohit Bhargava is a popular choice for conferences focused on women in business because of his unique ability to offer relevant insights as a male ally along with a valuable outsider's perspective. Learn more about Rohit’s industry experience here.
Industry Experience Highlights
Most Relevant Keynotes
Rohit over writes about the women's conferences industry and has published numerous articles focused on the industry since 2005. Start below with a few of his most popular articles and insights.
A FEW TO START WITH
The Non-Obvious Female Founders You Need to KnowMAY 2026Strong Museum To Launch A “Women In Games” ExhibitMARCH 2017The 300 Year Old Female Entrepreneur Story You've Never HeardNOVEMBER 2013The Women Of Personality eBook: Second Edition LaunchesOCTOBER 2009The Personality Project: Women of PersonalityAPRIL 2009Rave Reviews
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Event Planner · Large Global Bank“He’s no Beyonce, but still worth standing in line for!”
Attendee · SXSW Austin
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