An extraordinary ability to engage and motivate teams
Leader, NeuroLeadership Practitioner, and award-winning magician, Alex Moffat is an award-winning keynote speaker, NeuroLeadership Institute Facilitator, Certified Brain-Based Coach, and experienced corporate leader.
Drawing on two decades in global organisations, including senior leadership, alongside more than 30 years as a professional magician, Alex helps leaders and organisations navigate change with confidence.
Through neuroscience, interactive experiences, and cognitive illusions that challenge the brain’s expectations, he demonstrates how to rewire thinking, build adaptability, strengthen human connection, and unlock high performance.
Audiences leave with practical strategies to embrace change, inspire others, and create lasting results.
Talking Points
Contagious Mindset
How Mindset Spreads and Cultures Transform.Contagious Mindset
This keynote reveals how attitudes, energy, and expectations spread through teams, and how leaders and teams can drive cultural transformation from the inside out. Mindset isn't just personal, it's social.
Key Takeaways:
Learn how emotions, behaviours, and beliefs are caught, not just taught.
Learn 'The Luck Factor' to prime optimism, openness, and increase opportunity.
Understand the neuroscience behind social contagion and non-verbal influence.
The neuroscience of growth mindsets vs fixed mindsets and how to switch.
Learn how collective attention and unconscious expectations shape team culture - often blinding us to what truly matters.
Rewired for Change
Building Mental Agility in an Uncertain World.Rewired for Change
Watch a volunteer's mind shift so completely, it challenges what we think we know about ownership, perception, and change. This high-energy keynote helps people adapt faster, think flexibly, and stay resilient when everything around them keeps shifting.
Key Takeaways:
Discover how the brain resists change and how to override it.
Build resilience and adaptability with reframing tools rooted in neuroscience.
Shift from "threat mode" to "reward mode" in real-time.
Understand how mindset shapes energy, focus, and decision-making.
Discover how to future-encode your brain to respond well in difficult situations.
Cognitive Clarity
How High Performers Think Smarter and Lead Sharper.Cognitive Clarity
This keynote explores how attention, bias, and mental shortcuts shape our choices and shows teams how to upgrade their thinking, improve clarity, and lead with calm precision.
Key Takeaways:
Spot and override the cognitive traps that affect even top performers.
Learn how the brain filters reality and why attention misleads.
Build better mental models for faster, smarter decisions.
Use neuroscience to boost clarity, curiosity, and critical thinking.
See how perception is shaped and tricked with live demonstrations.
Roving Magic (Close-Up / Walkaround)
Roving magic is perfect for corporate receptions, networking events, or gala dinners. Alex moves smoothly among small groups or tables, delivering mind-bending illusions right in guests’ hands. It creates laughter, astonishment, and instant conversation starters, helping colleagues, clients, and strangers connect naturally. Because it requires no staging or technical setup, roving magic adapts seamlessly around catering, speeches, and schedules, ensuring every guest feels included.Roving Magic (Close-Up / Walkaround)
Best for: Cocktail receptions, networking events, and gala arrivals. Formal dinner entertainment.
Stage Magic (Spotlight Showpiece)
Stage magic brings the entire room together for a shared experience of surprise and delight. In a 10–30 minute segment, Alex blends impossible illusions with quick wit and corporate-friendly humour. This works brilliantly as a high-energy opener, an after-dinner highlight, or a memorable transition between awards or keynote speakers. With professional showmanship and audience participation, Alex’s stage magic transforms a standard program into a peak moment that guests continue to talk about long after the event.Stage Magic (Spotlight Showpiece)
Best for: Awards segments, after-dinner highlight, opener, conference plenary.
MC + Magic Hybrid
As MC, Alex doesn’t just keep the event flowing; he elevates it. With polished stagecraft, corporate professionalism, and moments of interactive magic woven into introductions, segues, and award announcements, he ensures the program never feels flat. The magic creates surprise and laughter while the MC role provides structure, timing, and audience connection. This hybrid approach keeps energy consistent from start to finish, making even the most formal program engaging, memorable, and seamless.
MC + Magic Hybrid
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Alex Moffat | Keynote Promo
Join Alex Moffat, an award-winning Sydney keynote speaker and corporate magician, as he blends neuroscience, leadership, and interactive magic to transform mindsets. Perfect for conferences, corporate events, and senior leadership retreats.Alex Moffat | Keynote Promo 2
Join Alex Moffat, an award-winning Sydney keynote speaker and corporate magician, as he blends neuroscience, leadership, and interactive magic to transform mindsets. Perfect for conferences, corporate events, and senior leadership retreats.Alex Moffat | Sydney Keynote Speaker | Testimonials
See recent testimonial footage after a live event.The Rubber Hand Illusion
This video demonstrates the Rubber Hand Illusion, a psychological experiment showing how the brain can be tricked into adopting a fake hand as part of the body through visual and tactile cues. It highlights the brain’s rapid neuroplasticity and how easily perception of ownership can shift with simple stimulation.It was spectacular and the way you linked the magic to the strategy and purpose was outstanding. I think it was a brilliant way to cement the themes in people’s minds. ... keep reading ANZ Bank
Alex possesses an extraordinary ability to engage and motivate teams. His unique use of magic to connect people to strategy embeds important themes and was a highlight of our team day.
Alex was seamless to work with. He learned who the audience was, what our business focuses were and aligned his keynote presentation accordingly to address those specific areas. The session went amazingly, and the feedback was excellent.
I truly enjoyed your speech; it resonated deeply with me, and I heard the same from other attendees. We definitely made the right choice!
They loved your magic and your presentation. Everyone who encountered you loved the theatre and expectation. Thanks for bringing energy and enthusiasm, I know our PR and GM were very happy.
I was blown away as I’d hoped. Amazing feedback about your presence, engagement and entertainment.
