Beyond Boardrooms: The Power of Corporate Magic in Team Building

An increasingly competitive business world brings about the need for innovative and effective ways of strengthening teams. So rather than settling for a boring speaker or traditional entertainment, why not hire a corporate magician who can inject life into your event. Your team will learn, bond, get inspired and be talking about it for months to come!

Magic Lessons as Team Building Activity

The Magic of Team Building: An Unusual Approach

Team building magic is a fun and interactive experience that will incorporate techniques and skills that are useful in both magic and business. Unlike traditional team building activities, magic lessons add an element of fun and creativity while still achieving the same goal of building a stronger team.

The Neuroscience of Magic

Magic relies on powerful psychological illusions and magicians create their tricks by exploiting gaps and errors in the conscious experience. For instance, magicians use misdirection to control what you see and what you miss. Learning magic tricks can foster the development of skills such as creativity and innovation.

The magic classes during a team building event creates a relaxed, friendly atmosphere conducive to the development of interpersonal relationships. Team members work together to solve puzzles and unlock secrets of various magic tricks. This shared experience strengthens bonds and gives team members and managers an opportunity to get to know each other in a context other than work.

Unusual Team Building Activities

The Impact of Magic on Team Dynamics

Building Trust and Collaboration

Magic often involves a degree of calculated risk-taking. Participating in magic-based activities can encourage trust between team members as they rely on each other to achieve the desired outcome.

Enhancing Communication and Problem-Solving Skills

Magic often relies on precise communication and mastering nonverbal cues. Team-building exercises can be designed around this concept, requiring clear instructions and active listening to achieve the desired magical effect. Magic also encourages thinking outside the box and will challenge teams to approach problems from new angles.

Creating Memorable Experiences

Witnessing a mind-blowing trick then learning it together creates a powerful shared experience. This can foster camaraderie and a sense of belonging within a team.

Openness to New Ideas

Magic thrives on challenging our assumptions. By experiencing illusions, teams can become more open to creative solutions and unconventional approaches in their work.

Choosing the Right Magician for Corporate Events

Qualities of a Good Corporate Magician

• Professionalism – a good corporate event magician understands your team building event’s goals, adapts their act accordingly, and maintains a professional demeanour throughout.
• Experience with corporate audiences – corporate audiences can be diverse and have varying expectations. A seasoned corporate magician tailors their performance to fit the occasion, be it a high-energy team building event or an intimate client appreciation dinner.
• Versatility – the best corporate magicians have a bag full of tricks (literally and figuratively!). They can adapt their act to different age groups, company cultures, and event themes, ensuring everyone enjoys the experience.

Types of Magic Suitable for Corporate Events

Close-up Magic

Close-up magic involves performing intimate illusions right in front of small groups, often using borrowed objects like coins or cards. This type of magic is suitable for networking events, cocktail receptions, trade shows, and product launches where guests mingle. However, there is a limited audience reach due to the intimate nature.

Stage Magic

Stage magic involves grander illusions performed on a stage for a larger audience. It often includes grand props, flashy special effects, and audience participation. This is ideal for award ceremonies, team building, corporate parties, and product launches where you want a central focus. Stage magic does require dedicated stage setup and may not be ideal for smaller venues.

Sleight of Hand

Sleight of hand forms the basis for all types of close up magic. Even large-scale illusions often rely on sleight of hand for key moments. A stage mentalism performance can combine audience interaction with impressive feats of memory and deduction, all cleverly disguised with sleight of hand. Sleight of hand is ideal for small gatherings, networking events, large conferences and team building.

Corporate Magic Success Stories

“Christopher was amazing and a big highlight on the stand. His attention to detail, charm and personality drew people in and his bespoke magic trick using our company branding really hit home our message. A total asset to the show’s success.” – Maxwell Edgar, Proctor & Gamble

“Instead of the usual physical challenges for our latest team building event (none of us wanted to get muddy or wet this time), we decided to stay warm and dry and inject a bit of magic into the office. Chris took over the boardroom and tried to demonstrate a few ‘simple’ (his words, not ours!) tricks to a room full of butterfingers using £20 notes, pound coins and a few packs of cards. When it comes to our new-found magical ‘abilities’, well, let’s just say that Chris will never have to worry about competition in the world of professional magic from anyone in our company! It would however be lovely for us to be able to amaze and amuse friends, family, and possibly even clients with a flash of brilliance from just one tricky sleight of hand… but we’ve got a long way to go yet!” – Sarah, Hertford

Host an unforgettable team building event

Chris Whitelock will tailor your corporate package with suitable tricks and techniques for a brilliant and memorable team building event. Everyone will learn a variety of individual tricks from card tricks to mind reading and even a larger scale group illusion. A corporate magic show is one of those unusual team building activities that will leave your team feeling more bonded and excited to be working together.

If you’re ready for your next corporate event to be a huge success, fill in this form to make a booking. Chris is able to perform anywhere in the UK including Hertfordshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

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