JANINE DRIVER is the founder and president of the Body Language Institute, located in Washington, DC. She is also a body language and deception detection expert and certified business coach who has appeared on NBC’s Today, ABC’s Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, and Larry King Live. Janine travels the globe speaking to the corporate world on the fastest way to save time and grow business. Visit her online at lyintamer.com. Janie Driver is the author of several books on body language, her latest book is You Say More Than You Think: Use the New Body Language to Get What You Want!, the 7-day Plan
Friday, March 12, 2010
Janine Driver Interviewed on Fox News
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There have been a lot of questions about James Sikes and his Prius that went out of control on a CA highway the other day. Some people think he is lying. I wonder, what do you think about this guy?
Here are some news videos of him talking about the incident:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgPRBgPRQkI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLmG7spfuXU&feature=related
I'm on the fence about whether he is being honest, and would be interested in your thoughts on it.
It's funny. Watch 3:28. Can she tell when somebody is lying or not? ;)
Ian.
Ian, what do you mean with your statement? She shows a subtle expression of fear I see that. Do you think that this feeling means she doesn't have that skill? Because I think she does.
Sander,
I did not see your message until yesterday. I'd like to invite you to consider another perspective. Let's say you are a business owner, project manager, or recruiter of some kind and looking to hire a professional. You talk with one of them and he or she tells you “I am the very best at what I am doing.” with such expression, as Janine Driver has. Would you hire?
My point is that it does not matter the reasons that would cause fear in such situations. It could be her inability to spot lies, additional problems it brings to her business activities or something else entirely. It however does not exude confidence at all.
Consider also she did suggest the “handgun” gesture to be used in a professional environment, which comes as childish. That's brilliant: it is the fastest way to increase the childish responses from others in a similar way patronizing would. See transactional analysis, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis
She is most likely trying to capitalize on the success of “Lie To Me” and sell more books.
Ian.
P.S. : I have also articles on non-verbal behaviour on my blog, follow through my link above.
Ian,
You're right that it isn't a sign of confidence. :) And the gun also looked childness and too much in the open to me. But hey, I'm from Holland, so I assumed it was cultural specific. :)
Only the fact that she comment on lie detection on shows, and gives her analyses, is a indication that she believes she's good at lie detection. She's also trained by Paul Ekman at lie detection. These are much stronger non-verbal indications than this subtle sign. Although if I didn't see more of her, maybe I would thought the same.
And she uses Lie to Me in her favor. But who doesn't? Every blogger on lie detection has benefit from this show. Even Paul Ekman and Masumoto are using this show to raise money, PR etc. (in a positive way). I will look at your blog. I will Google you.
Sander,
Your reply brings interesting points that I was not aware of. I searched a bit more about Janine Driver on the web and there are two important things I have found: 1) her credentials are based on what she claims, i.e. it is most likely unverified and unchallenged, 2) Dr. Paul Ekman's website clearly specify she is not an affiliate, see http://face.paulekman.com/contact.aspx .
It is important to be careful when someone claims to have trained with somebody else, especially an important figure such as Dr. Paul Ekman. First, training is not a systematic manner to transfer knowledge. Second, the words may be deceptive — perhaps she has trained with METT software made by Dr. Paul Ekman, or attended to his workshops, or she could have really been trained by Dr. Paul Ekman, or something else entirely.
Moreover, she claims to have been a federal law enforcement officer. It may increase drastically the probability she is telling the truth about detecting lies provided that she has indeed worked with law enforcement. The expression of fear would however mean something likely negative and it could be as such “I have messed up big time at ATF and they fired me.”
You're right about everybody trying to capitalize on “Lie To Me”. Dr. Paul Ekman has all the right to do so since he is the official adviser on the show. Personally, I avoid the subject as much as possible but I cannot say my blog is as popular as others. Someday I'll get points for writing about original subjects. :)
Ian.
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