by Rajan Singh | May 10, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my Civil Services training in Mussoorie, an especially memorable trek was to a place called Rabbit Farm, though we neither saw any rabbits nor any farm. During this trek, people grumbled especially loudly — the hours of climbing and descending sharp...
by Rajan Singh | May 9, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
I was once attending a drug addiction conference in Melbourne, where the speaker on the stage had lost his beloved son to a drug overdose. He started by talking about the loss of his son, and how he could not get timely medical help when he overdosed. After his son’s...
by Rajan Singh | May 8, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
When I entered the corporate world in the US after my stint in the Indian Civil Services, I heard this weird notion called ‘paying your dues.’ Apparently, the grunt work and suffering at the beginning of your career earn you the ‘right to live well’ when you are...
by Rajan Singh | May 8, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
During my days at McKinsey, I once asked a retired senior partner about life before PowerPoint. How did they make presentations to clients? He said that they used to create presentations on big chart papers using felt-tip pens. They would have to write in big font,...
by Rajan Singh | May 5, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
The fish packet vanished from right in front of my eyes — how the hell did that happen, I wondered! This happened a few months ago: Sitting in my living room, as I was intently working on my blog, the fish delivery guy rang the doorbell. I absent-mindedly...