by Rajan Singh | Jan 27, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
When I first landed in Kerala as a Civil Services officer trainee, we were staying in a guest house managed by the police department. One evening, we all batchmates wanted to just sit and chat. So we started moving the furniture around so that we could all sit...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 26, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
Recently, I saw a familiar face in the news — this person was appointed as a leader of a major global corporation. And I remembered that I had interviewed him at McKinsey! Before this interview, my manager told me, “Be careful! He is not known to be very...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 23, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
When you delegate work, remind yourself that: 1. People won’t approach problems the way you do. 2. People’s slides or spreadsheets won’t look exactly like yours. 3. People won’t probably do anything your exact way. And that’s ok. Because...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 22, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
All my life, for any big goal I set my eyes on, I always felt underprepared and under-confident — be it an exam, a job, or a startup. I never felt ready to take the shot. Yet, over the years, here is what I found: If you wait to be fully ready, you will wait for...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 21, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
The last few days, my wife has been busy writing recommendation letters for her junior IAS officers applying for Fulbright and various other scholarships, for pursuing higher studies. And just like the MBA admissions at US B-Schools, here also, success has little to...
