by Rajan Singh | Dec 23, 2022 | Productivity, High-Performance, Flow
On any given week I’m usually juggling at least 3 important projects, all of which require my attention. On top of that, there is routine shallow work and unforeseen ad hoc tasks. Work rarely comes to us in a linear sequential form, allowing itself to be neatly...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 22, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
The most valuable lesson I learned at McKinsey was NOT making presentations or structured thinking, as valuable as they were. The best lesson was the experience of being at the bottom of an organization. Before my MBA, I was running a 3,500 strong police force,...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 21, 2022 | Productivity, High-Performance, Flow
Amit is the type of person you’d love to have on your team. Reliable and always willing to take on work, you just know he’d go the extra mile to get things done. So you’re surprised when Amit falls behind on his deliverables. You see him working long hours almost...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 21, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
I was once talking to a lawyer, who was a partner at a law firm in London. I asked him, ‘How challenging is it to be a good lawyer?’ He said, ‘Anybody can write a contract or a legal document but writing a really good one is very hard. A good...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 20, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
During my MBA, McKinsey once visited our campus for a pre-placement talk. One of their consultants who addressed us was a South American with a very heavy Spanish accent. He joked saying, “Whenever people tell me that I don’t have an American accent, I...
