WHAT IF WONDER ISN'T ACCIDENTAL?
What if we can create the conditions for it?
ATTENTION · CURIOSITY · CARE
THERE'S MORE IN PEOPLE THAN WE SEE.
Attention helps us notice it.
Curiosity helps us discover it.
Care helps create the conditions for it to emerge.
LEAN IN.
THINK DIFFERENTLY.
CONNECT MORE DEEPLY.
SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
THE WONDER EFFECT
This isn't a keynote people just watch. They experience it.
DIFFERENT STAGES. SAME QUESTION.
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, HE'S BEEN STUDYING ONE QUESTION.
What makes people lean in?
Jim Lenz creates unforgettable experiences that make people lean in, think differently, connect more deeply, and see what's possible.
Educator
Global Education Strategy Leader
Workforce Development Leader
Learning Designer
Credential & Talent Ecosystem Strategist
Podcast Host
Facilitator
International Science Entertainer
Professional Magician
These aren't separate careers. They're the laboratory that created The Wonder Effect.
THE WONDER EFFECT
This is not a lecture audiences watch. They experience it.
THE IDEA GOES DEEPER.
THE WONDER EFFECT
How Attention, Curiosity, and Care Transform Learning, Leadership, and Human Potential
What if wonder isn’t simply something that happens to us? What if we can create the conditions for it?
The Wonder Effect explores how attention, curiosity, and care shape the way we learn, lead, connect, and discover what’s possible—in ourselves and in others.
COMING LATE 2026
THE PATHWAYS
KEYNOTES
Capture attention. Spark curiosity. Create connection. Interactive keynote experiences designed to make audiences lean in, participate, think differently—and see what's possible.
WORKSHOPS
Move from inspiration to application. Interactive sessions that help people explore how attention, curiosity, and care can change the way they learn, lead, connect, and work together.
TEAM EXPERIENCES
Fun with a purpose. Unexpected, highly interactive experiences designed to create laughter, connection, curiosity, collaboration, and shared discovery.
YOUR EVENT ISN'T GENERIC.
YOUR KEYNOTE SHOULDN'T BE EITHER.
Every audience is different. Jim works with event leaders to understand the people in the room, what matters to them, and what they hope will happen after the applause ends.
Someone notices something they hadn't noticed before.
Someone asks a question they hadn't thought to ask.
Someone realizes that they matter.