In his early days as Police Commissioner, Rajan Singh noticed something strange: the most effective officers weren't the ones who strictly followed the most rules, but the ones who had the strongest personal routines. He began seeing discipline not as a command, but as a seed.
His career path reads like an ACHIEVERs’ checklist: IIT, Civil Service, Wharton, and McKinsey. For Rajan, each stop was just a different laboratory for the same idea: self-mastery through habit.
- As an IPS Officer: He learned about Structure and Chaos. He saw how small, consistent routines could tame street-level chaos far better than brute force.
- At Wharton: He studied Inspiration. He understood how to move discipline from rigid "enforcement" to thoughtful "cultivation."
- At McKinsey: He mastered Systems and Scale. He learned how organisations build systems that last—and realised the same engineering applies to building lasting human habits.
Today, Rajan channels this distilled wisdom into his own organisation that runs habit-building programmes, helping individuals and companies plant seeds of discipline, water them with consistency, and grow them into tall trees of resilience and performance.
He shows that the same analytical precision used to build a robust business strategy is the key to building a robust life. Discipline is not about restriction; it is about cultivation…. And habits are the flowers that bloom when that cultivation is nurtured with care.
If only his police bosses had seen this talent, Rajan could have built habit-based interventions to foster integrity and resilience among the police force — perhaps a "21 Days of Service Integrity" program. Perhaps McKinsey could have given him charge to design a unique Leadership development model; probably made him their ambassador for India’s Atal Innovation Mission.
🌱 Dear Leaders,
Do you have such awesome giants in your organization? Are you recognizing the true skill behind their impressive resume? The person who can distill strategy into habit is your most valuable asset. How are you using them?
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