In a USA Today article headlined "Little Lies Will Catch Up with a Job Seeker," career consultant and syndicated columnist Andrea Kay explains how employers can potentially detect deception, based on our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to read the article.
QVerity's Michael Floyd appeared last week on the syndicated Internet radio program "Something You Should Know" with Mike Carruthers to talk about our deception detection methodology. Click here to listen.
QVerity's Don Tennant, a former editor in chief of Computerworld, was interviewed by the IT publication about our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to read the Q&A.
On Sept. 9, QVerity's Phil Houston was a guest on Jim Brown's Common Sense on the Genesis Communications Network. Click here to listen to the engaging interview with host Jim Brown, in which Phil discussed the origin of QVerity's deception detection methodology within the CIA.
On Sept. 2, the Maine Sunday Telegram, the Sunday edition of the Portland Press Herald, featured a Q&A with QVerity's Don Tennant about our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to read Meredith Goad's interview with Don.
On Aug. 29, Michael Floyd and Don Tennant were guests on Today with Pat Kenny on Ireland's RTE Radio 1. Click here to listen to the 11-minute interview, in which Michael and Don discuss QVerity's deception detection methodology and our book, Spy the Lie.
In an Aug. 25 feature article in the Lincoln Journal Star, QVerity's Michael Floyd, who grew up in Nebraska, shares some insights on our deception detection methodology and our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to read the article by Cory Matteson.
On Aug. 23, QVerity's Phil Houston was featured on Ryan Wrecker's "Wrecker in the Morning" show on 104.9 The Eagle in Lima, Ohio. Click here to listen to the interview, in which Phil spoke about identifying deceptive behavior in everyday life.
Jill Callison of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader interviewed QVerity's Michael Floyd for her Aug. 23 article, "No lie, new book tells how to spot deception." Click here to read the article.
On Aug. 22, Adam Montiel of the "Up & Adam in the Morning" show on Q104.5 in San Luis Obisbo, Calif., spoke with QVerity's Phil Houston about our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to listen to the interview.
QVerity's Michael Floyd on Aug. 22 was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio's Joy Cardin Show. Click here to listen to the full segment, in which Michael spoke about our book, Spy the Lie, and QVerity's deception detection methodology.
Michael Floyd was interviewed on the Aug. 22 broadcast of "The Last Word with Matt Cooper" on Ireland's Today FM radio. Click here to listen to the interview, in which Michael discusses the development of our deception detection methodology within the CIA.
Micahel Floyd on Aug. 20 spoke with Radio New Zealand's Jim Mora about our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to listen to the segment.
Foster's Daily Democrat in Dover, N.H., on Aug. 20 featured QVerity's Don Tennant, who spoke about our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to read the full story by Oliver Jenkins.
One of the country's top national radio call-in programs, The Jim Bohannon Show, featured QVerity's Phil Houston on August 17. Phil spoke at length about our methodology for detecting deception and his experiences in the CIA. Click here to listen to Phil's segment, which begins at the 40:00 mark.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune on Aug. 13 featured QVerity's Michael Floyd in an article about our deception detection methodology and our book, Spy the Lie. Here's an except:
Michael Floyd and two fellow former ex-agents, with more than 75 years of interrogation experience between them, honed their methods on terrorists and criminals. But their advice works equally well on cheating spouses, lollygagging employees or schoolkids feigning illness.
"There are a lot of myths in the area of detecting deception, like avoiding eye contact," said Floyd in a recent telephone interview. "There are too many variables around it to be reliable. Research shows the opposite, that deceptive people tend to have better eye contact than those who tell the truth."
Click here to read the full article by Kristin Tillotson.
In an Aug. 13 blog post titled "How To Tell When Someone Is Lying," Susan Adams of Forbes.com provided an informative overview of our book, Spy the Lie. Here's an excerpt:
In the book’s most entertaining chapter, the authors retrace the episode of Rep. Anthony Weiner, who in the spring of 2011, repeatedly denied having sent lewd photos of himself to a female college student on Twitter. The authors cite it as a textbook case of deceptive behaviors. From the first day the story broke, on May 27, Weiner repeatedly failed to answer questions in a straightforward way and instead made statements that were true but off point. Weiner also attacked his questioners and at other times bent over backward to be polite. He also tried to change the subject and talk about his impending vote on the debt limit. At one point, Weiner used what the authors call a “limiting” statement, when he replied to one of the queries, “I think I’ve been pretty responsive to you in the past,” limiting his answer with “I think” and “pretty.” Of course, when additional evidence came out, Weiner finally admitted his deception on June 6.
Though Weiner offers a textbook case, the authors emphasize that lie detection is far from an exact science. But if you read this book, which is packed with great anecdotes, you will feel closer to being able to flesh out a lie.
To read the full post, click here.
Seacoastonline.com, the website of the Portsmouth (New Hamphsire) Herald, featured QVerity's Don Tennant and our book, Spy the Lie, in a Aug. 13 article headlined, "Local writer makes Times best-seller list." Click here to read the article.
The Columbus Telegram in Columbus, Nebraska, featured QVerity's Michael Floyd and our book, Spy the Lie in an Aug. 10 article. Here's an exceprt:
Trying to sneak a lie past Michael Floyd is asking for trouble.
The Columbus native and former Central Intelligence Agency officer spent years studying human behavior to decipher a lie from the truth. While serving in the CIA, he was a professional polygraph examiner screening new hires and current officers.
He is an expert in spotting deceit and is the co-founder of QVerity, a detection and deception consulting company. He is sharing some tricks of the trade in a new book he penned with two other colleagues.
“Spy the Lie” was released last month and teaches the reader skills to pinpoint untruths.
The book has hit the New York Times best seller list, an accomplishment Floyd, a 1968 Columbus High School graduate, didn’t anticipate.
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QVerity's Michael Floyd on August 7 appeared on Monacle 24, an Internet radio service based in London, to discuss our book, Spy the Lie. Click here to listen to the discussion.