Napa Valley Register Spotlights Michael Floyd and GET THE TRUTH

The Napa Valley Register in Napa, California, on May 4 ran a story on QVerity's Michael Floyd, one of the co-authors of  our new book, "Get the Truth." Here's an excerpt:

Michael Floyd has a soft, empathetic demeanor. He could be a clergyman to whom we confess our sins. In fact, he’s a career detector of lies who has worked for the CIA, law enforcement and private industry to ferret out double agents, child beaters and cheats of all description. A Napa resident for the past 13 years, Floyd is a co-author of a new book, “Get the Truth,” which offers practical tips for law enforcement, business managers, even parents who find themselves wanting to persuade someone “to tell all.”

To read the full story, click here.

Michael Floyd Shares GET THE TRUTH Tips on 'Something You Should Know'

QVerity's Michael Floyd, co-author of our New York Times bestseller "Get the Truth," was a recent guest on the nationally-syndicated radio program, Something You Should Know with host Mike Carruthers. You can listen to Part 1 of the podcast here. Part 2 is available here.

Reuters Article Highlights QVerity's Behavioral Analysis of Executive Commentary for Investors

An April 16 article by Reuters focused on QVerity's behavioral analysis of the public commentary of corporate executives to inform investment decisions. Here's an excerpt:

This type of analysis is the latest unorthodox research method used by short-sellers and independent research firms to boost the impact of reports they issue that challenge companies' accounting methods. QVerity, the company hired by Muddy Waters, says it analyses the way people communicate to assess if they are being deceptive. It looked at how Noble's management responded to questions and interacted with analysts on its conference call. "The value that clients, particularly investors, are finding is that through behavioral analysis one can identify potential problems that might not be readily identified through other means," QVerity's CEO Phil Houston, who had a 25-year stint at the CIA, told Reuters.

To read the full article, click here.

Phil Houston, Peter Romary Talk About GET THE TRUTH on Greenville's 'Talk of the Town' Show

On April 13, QVerity's Phil Houston and Peter Romary talked about our new book, "Get the Truth," on Henry Hinton's "Talk of the Town" show on 103.7 WTIB-FM in Greenville, North Carolina. To listen to the segment, click here. 

Phil Houston Appears on Australia's "Today" Morning Show

Phil Houston on April 11 made an appearance on Australia's "Today" morning show to provide viewers with advice on how to tell when people are lying, and how to get them to tell you the truth. To watch the segment with Phil, which highlights our new book, "Get the Truth," click here.

Columbus Telegram Features Michael Floyd in Article About GET THE TRUTH

The Columbus Telegram in Michael Floyd's hometown of Columbus, Nebraska, featured Michael in an April 9 article about our new book, "Get the Truth." Here's an excerpt:

"Spy the Lie" shows how to detect when someone isn't being candid. "Get the Truth" is considered a sequel and tells the reader what comes next, which is the critical interview that gets the person to tell the truth. Interrogating is different than an interview when questions are asked and answers are sought. Interrogating is a monologue, Floyd said, that’s goal is to get the person to think short-term and not consider consequences telling the truth will evoke, like jail time or their spouse leaving. “We provide reasons why telling the truth is good,” he said.

To read the full story, click here.

Forbes.com Delves into Our New Book, GET THE TRUTH

Kathy Caprino of Forbes.com asked us why people lie, how to spot a lie quickly and easily, and how to get anyone to tell the truth. To read our responses, click here.

Michael Floyd Appears on HuffPost Live to Discuss GET THE TRUTH

Michael Floyd was a guest on the April 3 edition of HuffPost Live's "Political Junkies" program, hosted by Alyona Minkovski. Ms. Minkovski interviewed Michael about our new book, "Get the Truth." To watch the full segment, click here.

BBC World Service Speaks with QVerity's Peter Romary about GET THE TRUTH

QVerity's Peter Romary was a guest on the April 1 edition of the BBC World Service's "Business Matters" program to discuss our new book, "Get the Truth." To listen to the segment, click here.

The Guardian Encapsulates GET THE TRUTH with List of Five Takeaways

The U.S. edition of the U.K. newspaper The Guardian covered the release of our new book, "Get the Truth," in a March 31 article headlined, "CIA Self-help Book: How to Win Friends and Interrogate People." Here's an excerpt:

Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero believe the methods that have helped them to winkle out traitors in various unspecified sandy locations could help all of us in our business and general lives. And, perhaps, as parents.

The article goes on to provide five takeaways gleaned from the book. To read the full article, click here.

London's Financial Times Reviews GET THE TRUTH

"Well, here's a business communications book with a difference." That's how writer Sam Leith opened his review of our new book "Get the Truth" in the March 30 edition of the Financial Times in London. Here's an excerpt:

The secret, they say, is to keep your interlocutor in “short-term thinking mode”, so their mind stays in the room, not on the big picture. If you — talking to them in a calm, low, slow, confident voice — are their only source of outside stimulus you exploit their “inherent vulnerability to influence”. You repeat things over and over: “It’s a psychological truism that the higher the number of instances we hear something, the greater the likelihood we’ll accept it.” You cultivate a “loss of independent thinking”. Above all, you work ever so hard at making sure there is a “lack of immediately identifiable consequences”.

To read the full review, click here.

Michael Floyd Appears on Sydney's 'Weekend Sunrise' in Wake of GET THE TRUTH Launch

Interest in our new book, "Get the Truth," has spread to Australia, where "Weekend Sunrise," a popular morning show on Sydney's Channel 7, invited QVerity's Michael Floyd to share our tips on how to tell when someone is lying. In the March 29 segment, co-hosts Monique Wright and Andrew O'Keefe engaged Michael in an enjoyable interview that captured the essence of our deception detection methodology. To watch the full segment, click here.

U.K.'s Daily Mail: GET THE TRUTH Is 'Unexpectedly Fascinating'

In a March 26 article, Harry Ritchie of the Daily Mail in the U.K.  provided an entertaining look at our new book, "Get the Truth: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All." Here's an excerpt:

Not only will you learn how to have the guilty singing like canaries, this book also comes up with some genuinely important insights about the interrogation process. Ah, interrogation. Such an unfortunate term, with such regrettable connotations. Torture, screaming agony, electrodes, waterboarding — those kind of connotations. Yes, but it needn't be like that, say the authors, former CIA officers who are painfully aware of what ‘CIA interrogation’ is taken to mean — torture, screaming agony, electrodes, waterboarding — and who are appalled by that reputation.

To read the full article, click here.

Michael Floyd Addresses 'Liars and the Lies They Tell' on Ohio Public Radio

On February 17, QVerity's Michael Floyd was a guest on Ohio Public Radio's "Sound of Ideas" program, hosted by Mike McIntyre. The segment, "Liars and the Lies They Tell," focused in large part on the controversy surrounding NBC News anchor Brian Williams's false claim to have been in a helicopter that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in a war zone. To listen to the segment, click here.

The Baby Lisa Mystery: Watch Phil Houston's Interviews with Lisa's Parents

On January 2, Phil Houston appeared on The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly for a special report on the Baby Lisa case. When young Lisa Irwin went missing from her Kansas City home in October 2011, authorities quickly identified the girl's parents as likely suspects. But during his interviews with both Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin just 10 days later, Houston concluded that both parents have been telling the truth: They aren't responsible for Lisa's disappearance.

Watch the full story, including exclusive footage from Houston's 2011 interviews, at Fox News.

Phil Houston Speaks with 'Yahoo! Parenting' About Kids and Lying

How can you tell when your child is lying? QVerity's Phil Houston recently addressed that topic for an article on the Yahoo! Parenting site.  Here's an excerpt:

Every child at least attempts to lie, says Phil Houston, a former CIA polygraph examiner, co-author of “Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception,” and a father of three. “Children lie, it’s part of the developmental process,” he says. “Even if they know lying is wrong, they’re still going to try it, as it’s the obvious way to stay out of trouble.” ... By the age of six or seven, children’s deceptions become more sophisticated, and they learn to lie by omission. When asked where she went after school, a child might tell a parent: “I went to A, B, and C.” And leave out D. “To counter this, a parents needs to understand the importance of the follow-up,” Houston says.  “Ask, ‘Where else did you go after school?’” 

To read the full article by Kate Rockland, click here.

Phil Houston Featured in 'Psychology Today' Article

A July 15 Psychology Today article about detecting deception featured QVerity's Phil Houston, who provided some valuable advice for interviewers on reliable indicators of deception, as well as on popular approaches that may not be so reliable. Here's an excerpt:

"Houston warns that it’s often too difficult to discern valid deviations from baseline. So instead, he encourages interviewers to simply look for clusters of potential tells, whether or not they deviate from baseline. ... Houston believes that verbal as well as nonverbal communication offers hidden clues. For example, note if a person moves from convey mode to convince mode: when normally, s/he gives short, crisp answers but then, to an equally simple question, goes into a long explanation."

To read the full article, click here.

Phil Houston Cited in Article About Gap in Nixon White House Tapes

The online monthly Washington Decoded earlier this month published an in-depth article about the infamous 18-1/2 minute gap in the Nixon White House tapes in 1972 -- what the article called "one of Watergate's most enduring and tantalizing mysteries." QVerity CEO Phil Houston, who has conducted a behavioral analysis of conversations among the parties involved in the matter, is cited prominently in the article:

And then there is the very powerful “truth in a lie.” Philip Houston, a former CIA employee whose job it was to catch double agents, and recent co-author of the best-seller Spy the Lie, uses a quote from Vice President Spiro T. Agnew to explain the concept.

“I apologize for lying to you,” Agnew once said, “and I promise I won’t deceive you except in matters of this sort [emphasis added].”

As Houston explains it, a liar, without even realizing it, will often “say things that reveal what in reality he knows to be the truth.” Houston calls this phenomenon “unintended messages” or simply “truth in a lie.” In the Agnew example, the disgraced vice president was saying that he would indeed continue to lie “in matters of this sort.”  It was a revealing message buried in an otherwise truthful apology.

To read the full article, click here.