About
David Peace
Speaker, performer and creative thinking coach.
David Peace has spent more than twenty years performing as a magician, mind reader and tarot reader. In front of an audience is where he learned to hold a room, read people and think on his feet: skills that now sit at the heart of every workshop he teaches.
You can see his full performance work at davidpeacemagic.ie.
The short version
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20+ years
On stage
Performing as a magician, mind reader and tarot reader. Twenty years of holding a room, reading people and thinking on his feet.
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Corporate
In the workplace
A career from customer support to managing a multinational team of software developers and QA engineers. He has worked inside large multinationals and early-stage start-ups alike.
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The start
The shy kid
As a child, David had a stutter and a lisp and went through speech therapy to be able to perform as he does now. He was also very shy growing up.
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Today
Teaching it on
The techniques he teaches today are the same ones he used to come out of his shell and find himself: practical tools for speaking clearly, thinking creatively and carrying yourself with confidence.
The long version
David Peace has spent more than twenty years in front of live audiences as a magician, mind reader and tarot reader. Performing is where he learned to hold a room, read people and think on his feet. Knowing how an audience thinks is what makes a show land, and it is exactly what makes a workshop land too.
Alongside performing, David built a corporate career. He started in customer support and worked his way up to managing a multinational team of software developers and QA engineers. He has worked inside large multinationals and early-stage start-ups alike, so he understands the pressures teams face: the presentations that matter, the ideas that stall and the confidence that makes the difference. He has sat in the same seats as the people he now teaches.
It wasn't always this way. As a child, David had a stutter and a lisp and went through speech therapy so he could perform as he does now. He was also very shy growing up. The techniques he teaches today are the same ones he used to come out of his shell and find himself: practical tools for speaking clearly, thinking creatively and carrying yourself with confidence.
That mix is what sets his workshops apart. As a magician he knows how to genuinely engage a room, so a session is never a dull, tick-box activity. As someone who has worked in the corporate world he makes sure the content is relevant to the people in front of him. And because he learned these techniques the hard way, everything he teaches is practical and usable from the very next day.
He has sat in the same seats as the people he now teaches.
Every session is interactive, grounded in the realities of the workplace and tailored to the group in the room.
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