by Rajan Singh | Mar 18, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts, Uncategorized
Can you guess what terrifies Indian civil servants the most? Getting a posting with no work to do. And sadly, a lot of these positions do exist. But why would people want to work more for the same salary? Partly, it could be the sense of importance and...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
I was once talking to a public market investor who seemed very hesitant to reveal the stocks he had invested in, as if he was holding some trade secret or I could somehow derail his investments. On the other hand, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala used to reportedly ask people to...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
You give a talk and the auditorium claps, but one guy boos you loudly. Or you write a LinkedIn post and get 99 positive comments, but one guy calls you scum. Will you feel 99% positive, and 1% negative? No. You will be 100% infuriated — that one negative...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 13, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
My best managers — be it in the Indian Police Service or at McKinsey — were not the charismatic ones with swagger or bravado. Instead their biggest quality was this: In a crisis, when things became rough, they remained calm — no freaking out, no rude...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 12, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
It was very hard and painful to see the photo of a poor taxi driver crushed in the Delhi Airport canopy collapse. And without facts, I won’t speculate on whose fault it was, and how far up the responsibility should go. But one thing I will tell you — if a...
