by Rajan Singh | Jan 28, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
Long ago, one of my IITK professors lost his life to cancer. His colleague told me that until the very end, he kept working — he insisted that his files and other work be brought to him at the Visitors’ Hostel. He only stopped working when he was...
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...
