Unlocking Secrets: How to get people to tell you everything

Description

Forged in the secretive world of covert operations, Unlocking Secrets uses real crime and practical examples to reveal the new frontier in interpersonal communications: advanced psychological skills.Thanks to this book, these skills can now be used by anyone who wants to improve their interpersonal and communication skills by getting people to open up and talk. In Unlocking Secrets, David Craig has simplified the psychological methods used so effectively by criminal investigators and covert operatives to persuade others to reveal their secrets. He shows how these skills can be easily applied to benefit in everyday professional and personal situations.These secret-revealing techniques subtly influence people to share hidden information, and may assist people working with patients, clients, children or friends who carry a difficult and burdensome secret. They can also be used to improve business knowledge, as well as to initiate and enrich personal relationships. Unlocking Secrets will arm people with the latest interpersonal skills to enrich their personal life and advance professional careers.

Dr. David Craig is an expert in covert operations has been teaching and researching these techniques in Australia and overseas for over 20 years. He completed a professional law doctorate (covert operations) in 2000 and has published several articles in Australia and overseas on the subject of undercover operations. David has conducted international research into, and assessed undercover and covert infiltration programs in Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. David is no armchair academic - His career as a Federal Agent/Detective Superintendent over 22 years with the AFP in various countries resulted in his involvement in both overt and covert roles, including East Timor (Peace keeping) and Afghanistan (NATO). He retired from the AFP in July 2013. David has undertaken significant international police operations such as leading the investigation into the Bali 2 bombing in 2005, David has also personally undertaken and supervised many covert operations and roles.