by Rajan Singh | Jan 5, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During my IPS training, we were attached to a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) unit that was fighting militancy in Tripura. In this remote CRPF camp, we were staying in mud huts with thatched roofs. Inside the hut, there was a fan and a clean bed. Nothing else. And...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 4, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During a training program at McKinsey, we were split into groups of 4-5 people and given a task – we had to build paper planes using a kit given to us. To win, you had to build the most number of planes in the given time. Naturally, all the groups started in haste....
by Rajan Singh | Jan 3, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
As a fresh consultant at McKinsey, for the first time in my life, I had to go around seeking time for meetings with clients or senior leaders at the Firm. Prior to that, while serving as the Police Commissioner, if I wanted to speak with someone, I had to just pick up...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 2, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
When I was serving as the Trivandrum Police Commissioner, I once skipped a useless meeting called by a senior government official. The next week, when my assistant shared my weekly timesheet, she showed an internal meeting that I had never conducted. When I asked her...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 1, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Conventional wisdom (some of which I also fell for): – Leave your job. – Chase VC funding. – Spend all the money on ads and a huge team. – Pray for the next round of funding. A better way: – Don’t leave your jobs until much later — start...
