TEDx speaker, entrepreneur and former magician helping teams unlock creativity, innovation and AI-powered performance.
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Top rated!5 of 5
Inspiring, mind-opening, funny and captivating. His speech was extremely relevant and showed he understands the challenges faced by business leaders - and he also had us in awe with his magic.
Nathalie Laine
Marketing Director, Proctor & Gamble
Butzi is an international keynote speaker, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker who helps organisations unlock creativity, embrace innovation and leverage AI as a powerful driver of growth. With a unique journey from economist to professional magician, author and business founder, he delivers engaging, practical and memorable presentations that inspire audiences to think differently. Through his dynamic keynotes, Butzi shows teams how to combine human creativity with artificial intelligence to boost productivity, adaptability and innovation in today's fast-changing world.
Butzi is an international keynote speaker, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker who helps organisations unlock creativity, embrace innovation and leverage AI as a powerful driver of growth. With four TEDx talks and a career spanning entrepreneurship, magic and technology, he delivers engaging presentations that inspire audiences to think differently and act with confidence in a rapidly changing world.
His keynotes are accessible, optimistic and actionable, giving teams practical tools to boost creativity, improve productivity and adapt to new opportunities. Whether speaking to leadership teams, entrepreneurs or large corporate audiences, Butzi combines entertainment, business insight and real-world experience to create memorable learning experiences.
Johannes Alinhac, known professionally as Butzi, followed an unconventional path that shapes his unique perspective on creativity and innovation.
After graduating from the Sorbonne in Economics, he travelled solo across Latin America for nine months. Upon returning, he became a professional magician and built a successful career performing internationally. His journey took him to renowned venues including the Magic Castle in Hollywood and London's West End.
Over time, he expanded his creative work by designing illusions for clients and fellow performers while also launching new businesses. His fascination with creativity led him to write books exploring the connections between magic, entrepreneurship and innovative thinking, including The Magic of Crazytivity.
Today, these experiences form the foundation of his keynote presentations, helping audiences see challenges from new perspectives and discover opportunities where others see limitations.
Butzi is widely recognised for helping organisations understand how artificial intelligence can strengthen human creativity rather than replace it.
As an entrepreneur and technology enthusiast, he became fascinated by AI's ability to transform the way people work, create and solve problems. His presentations show how professionals can combine human intelligence with AI tools to become more productive, innovative and adaptable.
Audiences gain practical insights into:
His approach focuses on real applications and actionable strategies, making AI relevant and accessible for every audience.
Every organisation faces different challenges, which is why Butzi customises his presentations to fit the goals of each event. Whether delivering a keynote, facilitating a workshop or contributing to a leadership retreat, he ensures the content is relevant, engaging and impactful.
His sessions can be tailored around topics such as AI, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, leadership and future-ready workplaces.
Companies book Butzi because he offers a rare combination of creativity, business experience and AI expertise. His background as a magician allows him to communicate complex ideas in memorable ways, while his entrepreneurial experience brings practical relevance to every presentation.
Audiences leave with fresh perspectives, actionable tools and the confidence to embrace change. By combining creativity, innovation and artificial intelligence, Butzi helps teams unlock new possibilities and prepare for the future of work.
Book Butzi for your event and inspire your audience to think bigger, innovate faster and turn change into opportunity.
5 of 5
Inspiring, mind-opening, funny and captivating. His speech was extremely relevant and showed he understands the challenges faced by business leaders - and he also had us in awe with his magic.
Nathalie Laine Marketing Director, Proctor & Gamble
5 of 5
Innovative! A bluffing approach that gets an entire team on board by getting them to think and think differently.
Benedicte Lijour Capgemini Regional General Counsel Southern & Eastern Europe
5 of 5
His tricks are impressive and his personality and humor make him so appealing, while delivering an important message. I would highly recommend Butzi if you want a captivating and memorable speech at any event.
Lynne Kelly-Downey Hilton
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The workshop was praised by all the participants who appreciated the “crazy” approach of the workshop. Thank you very much for your dynamism and your implication, we have all the feelings to find our childlike creativity back during a few hours
Marie Spahn Total
5 of 5
Butzi talked at a seminar that I organized and all participants came out delighted! His performance is original, captivating and adapts to the public and its different interlocutors.
Amandine Defour Wavestone
5 of 5
Butzi was a keynote speaker at our BizLab DemoDay. For the full 45 minutes he kept the 300 people in the audience captivated with his amazing insights into creativity. He definitely inspired the audience of Airbus employees and other industry enthusiasts to be more innovative every day. He combined the joy of magic tricks with showing the audience HOW to do it with simple tools and funny stories.
Rey Buckman Airbus Bizlab Campus Leader Hamburg
Keynote by Butzi:
3 Secrets to unleash your team's potential in the age of AI.
This keynote was designed to empower participants to prepare for the age of AI and create an impact. In the next 3-5 years, their job will change completely and they need concrete keys to thrive in this period. Butzi is taking a pragmatic and experiential approach, delivering a clear picture of where we’re at and what to do to make their job meaningful and creative despite the changes.
Here are the 3 parts of this keynote:
Keynote by Butzi:
3 Magician's secrets to create the impossible.
This keynote was designed to allow participants to reconnect with their natural creativity so they can generate new ideas and solutions every day. You will understand how magicians create illusions and how you can draw inspiration from them to be inventive too.
Here are the 3 parts of this keynote:
Watch Butzi in action
Watch Butzi in action
Enhancing Your Profession & Creativity in the AI Era You might not feel it yet if you work in a big company, but a profound shift in our way of working is unfolding.A revolution in the realm of artificial intelligence is underway, soon to be bolstered by increasingly powerful quantum computers.C
