About
I've worked for several organizations including IBM, Cisco Systems and Britain's Department for International Development (DfID). DfID was called the Overseas Development Administration (ODA), and was in those days the aid wing of the British Foreign Office. I've also co-founded internet startups.
Education-wise, I have an MBA from Cass Business School (London), an MA in International Journalism from City University (London), and a BSc in Physics, Maths and Electronics from St Joseph’s College, Bangalore. I also have an honours certificate in Psychology from St Joseph's.
A Mediums Guide to the Paranormal
Description
<p>Do angels, ghosts and demons really exist, or are they a figment of our over active imagination? Can ghosts, demons and spirits harm you? If you don't believe in them they can't bother you right? How can you protect yourself against the paranormal? Do we live once and it's all over or do we come back time and again to live new lives? In this book, you will gain information about the paranormal from a psychic-mediums perspective. As a psychic medium I have gathered a lot of information about the other side. The book covers over more than 40 years of paranormal related information interspersed with my own personal paranormal encounters. Anyone who is interested in the paranormal including ghosts, demons, orbs and hauntings will enjoy the many topics covered in this book. Those interested in spiritualism, new age topics and metaphysics will find many of the chapters such as past lives, possession and death and the soul connection. People who are experiencing their own paranormal occurrences such as hauntings and spirit attachments will find help and information to help them. People of all ages, walks of life and many religions will find something of interest in the book. Even those who do not believe in the paranormal will enjoy many of the thought provoking topics covered in this book.</p>
Story Behind The Book
Hello there. My name is Chetan Dhruve and I'm the author of the book Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator. Thanks for reading this book sample.
Here's the backstory.
I had studied Systems Thinking as part of my MBA, and we had done a case study on a low-cost airline called People Express. The airline was extremely successful when it first launched, but folded later.<br />
As part of the study, we were given a software tool that simulated the case. The aim was to prevent the airline from going bust. We tried several things - when demand spiked, we would buy new airplanes. If service levels dropped, we would hire more staff. But whatever we did, something else would go wrong, leading to the collapse of the airline.<br />
The thing was, we were looking at each problem in isolation - analytically. Instead, we should have looked at the problem wholistically, that is, using Systems Thinking. It sounds easy and obvious, but it is actually a profound, fundamental shift in thinking.<br />
The lesson was this: systems matter. Good people in bad systems produce bad results.
Reviews
<p>"Read this" - The Guardian (London)<br /><br />
"This book is a breakthrough" - Sally Bibb, former director, the Economist (London)<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><em>"Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator</em> takes an extra step back from similar books that look at the problems of bad bosses, looking at the bigger picture and giving thoughtful, articulate insight into the root causes of why such negative working environments and behaviours exist.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">The explanations as to why we have such a wealth of bad bosses become almost shockingly obvious once approached from the angle of systems thinking.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><em>Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator</em> reveals innovative solutions that have had little mention in the current business books on offer."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">- <a href="http://www.management-issues.com/2007/6/22/display_book/why-your-boss-is-programmed-to-be-a-dictator.asp">Management Issues </a></span></p>