by Rajan Singh | Aug 26, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
One lesson I learned at McKinsey — “Never go to a meeting without a polished presentation.” Before the meeting, everybody might say, “It is just a brainstorming session — the slides don’t have to look good. Just bring whatever you...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 23, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
The day I get a LOT done is also a day when most routine things remain pending. And those are the days I cherish. Just striking off the maximum number of items from a to-do list is another rat race. What’s the point? One day, try this: 1. Pick one or two tasks...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 22, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Here is the wicked story of the 20th-century technology revolution that may change your resolutions for 2023. William Shockley was working at AT&T Bell Labs with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain when they came up with the point-contact transistor. But when Bardeen...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 21, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts, Uncategorized
During my MBA, Sam Zell, a multi-billionaire real estate tycoon in the US, came to our campus as a guest speaker. Just before that, he had sold Equity Office Properties to Blackstone for $36 billion, at the peak of the real estate bubble in 2006. Incidentally, soon...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 20, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Everybody knows how to be a good leader – until their tail is on fire. Everybody knows how to advise startups until they do their own startup. Then, they are staring at an empty bank balance and the family on the verge of disowning them 🙂 Some things in life...
