The secret to most magic tricks: preparation that is significantly above what the audience thinks a reasonable person would do.

Often the preparation includes an extremely intricate / expensive gimmick.

Or just a ton of practice to make the key move invisible and natural.

You can do magic tricks in the work context, too.

"Wow, he really stuck his neck out there in that review with that off the cuff bold new idea… and it worked, everyone seemed to like it!"

When in actuality he had invested significant time pre-socializing with everyone individually beforehand and knew exactly where their heads were at and could sense the thin path to walk to convince everyone.