by Rajan Singh | Apr 19, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
At McKinsey, the skill I needed the most was not maths. In fact, the most advanced maths I used was a simple regression. Surprisingly, even more than ‘problem-solving’, the skill I used the most was ‘articulation’ – writing, explaining, and crafting...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 18, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
“You want to change the world? Start by making your bed” – famously spoke Admiral Bill McRaven, the former head of US special operations command. How you start your day is often how your day goes. And how your days go, is how your life goes. So if you want to change...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 9, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
If you ever feel guilty about not figuring out your career path quickly, please take heart – I graduated more than two decades ago, and I still feel like I am just exploring life. Maybe some of us take more time than others. Or maybe we are all like that – I don’t...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 8, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
I know you love your smartphone more than you should — but this is not your fault really. Between 2010 and 2012, Facebook made two changes that kicked off our smartphone addiction. Here they are: 1. Before 2010, everybody on Facebook had a ‘wall.’ Anything I...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 5, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
At my last job with a private equity firm, we had retreats at some really fancy hotels. At one of them, as part of the ‘evening service,’ the hotel staff would leave an array of small perfume bottles on the bed to help you sleep better. For sure, it felt like luxury....
