by Rajan Singh | Oct 1, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
A few years ago, I was at IISc Bangalore to give a talk. And I was raving about the beautiful, idyllic campus to my host, a retired civil servant who was teaching an undergraduate class. When my host told me that he had previously worked as the registrar at IISc, I...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 30, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I know quite a few wealthy and well-off people. But I don’t know even one person who got somewhat wealthy doing “side hustles, generating multiple income streams.” Not one person! And yet, on LinkedIn, you are made to believe that side hustles are...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 29, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Whenever I take a flight, my mother becomes anxious and is on tenterhooks till the flight lands. For 20 years, I have been convincing her that flights are safe but to no avail. Her logic is that the survival rate of flights is negligible. Also, flying does intuitively...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the summer of 2006, someone at McKinsey sent an email asking for a laptop to be sent to Sweden. But instead of copying the recipient, by mistake, the sender copied all the consultants in US and Canada — thousands of them. Naturally, one guy did a reply-all,...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 25, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
If you follow the ‘zero inbox’ philosophy for email, I have some bad news for you. Zero inbox is great in theory but in practice, it fails. Here is why. When you go zero inbox, by replying to emails, you throw the ball back in someone else’s court....
