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December 9, 2021
The 75 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2021 | Non-Obvious Book Awards Announcement
It’s finally time! After nearly a year of reading, debating, and curating … we are ready to announce the best non-fiction books of the year that we have selected to include on the 2021 Non-Obvious Book Awards Longlist. Our picks this year span every category of non-fiction, from self-help to investigative journalism to memoirs. For these awards, we considered nearly 500 titles and took time to personally consider every book that was submitted to the awards program, regardless of author, subject ...
November 10, 2021
What I Learned by Launching a Book The Same Day As Will Smith
Yesterday was a big day. The biggest movie star in Hollywood released his book. We released ours too.
They both have covers featuring commissioned art work from talented African-American artists, but seem very different in every other way. Ours is a work of non-fiction featuring the stories of more than a hundred entrepreneurs, storytellers, educators and activists. Will is about one man’s story, with universal lessons for us all.
I didn’t know until recently that we would share the same launch ...
November 3, 2021
What We Didn’t See In Virginia (And Why It Matters)
I live in Virginia. And I voted for the guy who lost.
This morning, I received a short email from Terry McAuliffe. On the surface, it was a typical concession email thanking supporters for their efforts and promising to continue to “help move Virginia forward.” What struck me most is what it didn’t say.
He didn’t vow to fight the results of a close election. He didn’t claim that he won even though the numbers said otherwise. He didn’t call his supporters to arms or invite them to take to the str...
October 6, 2021
Don’t Blame Facebook, Blame the Marketers
Facebook is intentionally profiting off our anger. This week a whistleblower confirmed what many of us have suspected for years. The resulting backlash has been widely covered in the media and calls for more regulation on Facebook have been growing. Yet the one group most directly responsible for institutionalizing Facebook’s perverse engagement-at-all-costs mindset is noticeably silent. Where are the voices of the marketers?
I’ve been working in the marketing and advertising industry for more t...
February 23, 2021
25 Non-Obvious Things I Learned About Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
It took me three weeks to write this article. Sometimes you just need a little more time listening before speaking.
What I was listening to (and watching), were the 54 conversations we hosted last month as part of our Non-Obvious Beyond Diversity Summit – an event that Chhavi Arya Bhargava and I created (in collaboration with SRC Partners and DICE) where we invited more than 200 authors, instigators and experts to imagine answers for a single question …
What will it take to create a more inclusi...December 17, 2020
The Ten Biggest Trends From Books Published In 2020
Today was hard.
Every year, my team and I evaluate hundreds of books to select our winners for the Non-Obvious Book Awards and it’s tough. Judging books and picking winners means that many great books won’t make the list. Still – the ones that do are worth sharing.
As part of the program this year, we also did something new: identifying some big trends and themes across many books that we received. So here are some of the biggest patterns we noticed, books that we selected and our top five picks...
November 6, 2020
Non-Obvious Megatrends Is Coming To India!
The Indian edition of Non-Obvious Megatrends is coming December 10th! I will be working with the team at Penguin Random House India to launch the book in India, with an all-new Foreword and updated new design.
Learn more and order your copy here >>
This updated edition features endorsements from business legend Ram Charan, @inktalks Founder Lakshmi Pratury and @sonypicturesin Director Gayathiri Guliani – as well as US based authors Shiv Singh, Guy Kawasaki and Charles Duhigg.
As part of the laun...
November 3, 2020
Four Inspiring Things To Watch on Election Day (Instead of Doomscrolling)
This is not a good day to watch the news.
As the votes get cast and counted throughout the United States, it is hard for most of us to resist the temptation to tune into the constant “breaking news” as media pundits engage in minute by minute mostly irrelevant guesswork about who is surging ahead in the polls.
To help you spend your time elsewhere as we wait for the results, I thought I would share some of the videos I’ve been watching recently to help distract me from the noise and to help elev...
October 20, 2020
Dan Pink on Finding Big Ideas, the Truth About Regret and the Best Timing For Anything
This week on the Non-Obvious Insights Show, Dan Pink shares his process behind finding big ideas for his books (and why sometimes he abandons an idea altogether). We also talk about his insights on timing from his book When and his latest research around the science and emotions of regret.
