Chris Cox is an elite world class performer. He has starred on Broadway, Sydney Opera House and an unprecedented four seasons in London’s West End. He has entertained over 750,000 people worldwide on stage and knows how to connect, engage and entertain an audience.
With his new workshop and talk ‘How to Think Like a Mind Reader’ Chris offers a companies a unique proposition. Working together he will deliver a talk or workshop which hits your key takeaways in an insightful and impactful way. Often focusing on the magic of creativity and the psychology of change, he doesn’t tell, he quite literally, shows. Combining his years as a producer at BBC Radio 1 with his years of performing on stage he can create something truly special in which he can show rather than tell. Research has shown that magic has powerful learning impacts for generating more novel and original ideas, disrupting stereotypical thinking, creative thought, adaptability & resilience, lateral thinking & problem solving, fostering trust, storytelling & imagination to name but a few.
So then, why use a mind reader?
• Surprise - To shake things up and force your team to think differently about anything from attitude and behaviour change to the reason they think the way they do.
• Risk-taking - To push the group out of their comfort zone and demonstrate things such as "taking more risks safely" or “trusting your team” in action (show not tell)
• Role modelling - To demonstrate that everything we do or say influencers others, often in subtle ways that they may not realise
How Chris's work meets those objectives (the science)
• Surprise - Chris's show uses cognitive thought development and the behavioural science behind surprise to people out of their comfort zones and start to think differently. This then opens new neural pathways for our brains to explore, priming the group for the remainder of the sessions.
• Risk-taking - Actions speak louder than words. Selecting Chris's show plays on Experiential Learning Theory whereby taking part in this kind of intervention (a safe, 30-minute session in the comfort of the Committee's own homes that's very different to anything they've done before) demonstrates the act of safe risk-taking prompting learning, self-realisation and, when needed, showing that this programme is going to be different from day one.
• Role modelling - The Iceberg Theory and Modelling Theory suggest that humans are influenced by what they see others doing, often without the person influencing realising it. Chris' show is designed to demonstrate the power of hidden influence and how it can be controlled to give a desired outcome.
Don’t take our word for it.
Chris is adept not only as an entertainer but also at helping people to understand better how to be a magician in business. He entertains and then anatomises his craft to demonstrate how people can achieve the seemingly impossible simply by noticing more, by ‘reading’ people more intently, by appreciating what’s hidden in plain sight. For any business in the business of transformation Chris can offer insights – a few magic tricks - and memorable methodology.