Books with author Adrian Petrie

It's hard to be in the minority.If you're the only person from your ethnic or cultural background in your organization or team, you probably know what it's like to be misunderstood or marginalized. You might find yourself inadvertently overlooked or actively silenced. Even when a work environment is not blatantly racist or hostile, people of color often struggle to thrive―and may end up leaving the organization.Being a minority is not just about numbers. It's about understanding pain, power, and the impact of the past. Organizational consultant Adrian Pei describes key challenges ethnic minorities face in majority-culture organizations. He unpacks how historical forces shape contemporary realities, and what both minority and majority cultures need to know in order to work together fruitfully. If you're a cultural minority working in a majority culture organization, or if you're a majority culture supervisor of people from other backgrounds, learn the dynamics at work. And be encouraged that you can help make things better so that all can flourish.

It's hard to be in the minority. If you're the only person from your ethnic or cultural background in your organization or team, you probably know what it's like to be misunderstood or marginalized. You might find yourself inadvertently overlooked or actively silenced. Even when a work environment is not blatantly racist or hostile, people of color often struggle to thrive―and may end up leaving the organization. Being a minority is not just about numbers. It's about understanding pain, power, and the impact of the past. Organizational consultant Adrian Pei describes key challenges ethnic minorities face in majority-culture organizations. He unpacks how historical forces shape contemporary realities, and what both minority and majority cultures need to know in order to work together fruitfully. If you're a cultural minority working in a majority culture organization, or if you're a majority culture supervisor of people from other backgrounds, learn the dynamics at work. And be encouraged that you can help make things better so that all can flourish.

Clone City is 1 of 7 in The Joypolis Series.Clone City is a dystopian SF thriller that narrates the story of Joypolis - a city whose inhabitants believe it is the last civilized outpost of humankind.The story begins at the time when Joypolitans believe they have overcome all the challenges of their turbulent past. In a world devastated by the impact of asteroids, they believe their survival was thanks to a single act of monumental importance – the decision to clone.Three hundred years earlier, the scientists who founded the settlement decided they had to clone to create a workforce large enough to transform their settlement into a bright, modern city. Only this, they argued, would bring joy back into the hearts of a population that was failing to reproduce.Because clone numbers would far exceed their own, they conditioned them for the duties they would perform. Initially, there was outrage. But as the settlement was transformed into an ultra-modern city, resistance grew less. The lives of citizens became so comfortable they accepted media’s portrayal of their segregated society as unfortunate, but unavoidable. Through no fault of their own, they had inherited the consequences of a decision that had led to a division based upon 'true' and 'artificial' human.But the repercussions of this act are about to unravel in a way that no one could have foreseen. First, the dismembered arm of a clone is discovered. Second, the murder of a high-ranking politician. A deconstructing clone is arrested, but the Head of Security fears something far, far worse…

Clone City and The New Order narrate the story of Joypolis – a city whose inhabitants believe it is the last civilized outpost of humankind.Joypolitans believe they have overcome all the challenges of their turbulent past thanks to a single act of monumental importance – the decision to clone. The scientists who founded the settlement believed they had to clone to avoid extinction and that only by doing so could they create a workforce large enough to transform the settlement into a bright, modern city which would bring joy back into the hearts of a population that was failing to reproduce.But the repercussions of this act are about to unravel in a way that no one could have foreseen. First, the dismembered arm of a clone is discovered. Second, the murder of a high-ranking politician. A deconstructing clone is arrested, but the Head of Security fears something far, far worse…