David Morey

David Morey, Chairman and CEO of DMG Global and Vice Chairman of Core Strategy Group, is one of America’s leading strategic consultants—and one of the most sought-after speakers, performers, and magicians. For over three decades, he has studied magic and performed around the world, including at President Barack Obama’s Inaugural ball. The award-winning coauthor of The Underdog Advantage, and The Leadership Campaign, Morey has advised a who’s who of Fortune 500 CEOs and companies and many of the world’s top political leaders, including five Nobel Peace Prize winners. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “A solid, sparkling argument that imagination empowers the real magician inside us all.” --David Copperfield, Magic Legend “Just as I use winning lessons from the football field in business, this book shows us how to apply the principles of magic to drive your business ahead, to inspire, to innovate, and to create amazing wins.” --Franco Harris, Founder and CEO, Super Bakery and NFL Hall of Fame Running Back “Business at its best, like NFL quarterbacking at its best, is about strategy and improvisation perfectly balanced. That is the magic that David Morey and his co-authors show you how to master in this terrific book.” --Fran Tarkenton, Founder, GoSmallBiz, and NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback “For thirty years, I’ve worked with David Morey and watched him work his magic for global political and business revolutionaries. This book shares his secrets with you—the business magician’s playbook.” --Scott Miller, Chairman and CEO, Core Strategy Group “Voila—a practical guide to using the principles of magic as a leadership tactic to inspire employees and disrupt markets.” --Pat Mulhearn, CEO, NorBelle, LLC “Creating Business Magic is absofrigginlootely a must read for all disruptors, underdogs, and those willing to take the road less traveled.” --Craig R. Helsing, former BMW Corporate Executive “We live in an age of magic; an age where new technologies constantly disrupt and reorganize our political, social and economic lives. Creating Business Magic provides a timely and important methodology to help you harness these forces for your own business and career.” --Doug Alexander, Former President, Actua Corporation “A must-read book that is both inspirational and instructive. It unveils the mysteries of magic while offering 9 strategic guidelines for thinking and acting as a magician—and leveraging this for personal and business magical growth and success.” --Jerry Wind, The Lauder Professor Emeritus, the Wharton School "David’s presentation was the highlight of our day-long SUMMIT. David makes insightful points about business that can be applied to most any industry and he does it in a highly entertaining way. If you want your audience to drop their phones and pay attention, David is your speaker! ” --Karen Giberson, President, Accessories Council DMG Global teaches leaders, companies, and campaigns how to win by teaching them how to think, plan, and act like an insurgent, not an incumbent — to be a true change leader. Today’s business and political environment is the toughest in history for incumbents — change is a threat to every incumbent. That’s why the insurgent has the edge in the Information Age. In this hyper-competitive and volatile environment, winning means building more strategic and sustainable consumer or voter relationships than ever before. Rarely today does a corporation or candidate get a second chance. INSURGENT BEST PRACTICES: DMG Global has established a variety of proprietary and disciplined best practice learning systems. These involve corporate CEOs, board of directors, senior executives, management leaders, and individuals in charge of day-to-day execution. Insurgent learning and training sessions range from two hours to two days. Topic examples include: BECOME AN INSURGENT: Re-focus and re-energize your strategy, organization, and culture to increase profitability and success. FOCUS ON CUSTOMERS: De-brief cutting-edge methods to learn more effectively and efficiently from consumers to create an increasingly robust and profitable marketing dialogue. RESEARCH LIKE AN INSURGENT: Special attention is given to cutting-edge data analytic and research techniques and to tracking and predicting early adopter, soft support and hard support perceptions, behaviors and opportunities.