Nicholas Gentry is a Carnegie Mellon–trained philosophy and communication professor turned professional mentalist, insight facilitator, and corporate consultant.

In this talk, he shows how ancient philosophy becomes a modern communication tool, how mentalism becomes a live case study, and how illusion reveals how teams actually think, listen, and collaborate—in real time.

This is not theory.
Not feel-good corporate theater.
And not another slide deck.

Gentry’s work is part experience, part training, and entirely practical. Teams don’t just hear ideas—they watch their habits, assumptions, and blind spots play out live, then leave with shared language, sharper awareness, and a clearer path to action.

Academic life taught him how to think like a philosopher.
Performance taught him how to think like a magician.
Business taught him that insight without action changes nothing.

This session is for teams who want measurable improvements in communication, collaboration, and decision-making—by learning to see what’s already happening in the room.