THE BOOK | COMING LATE 2026
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 can change the way we learn, lead, connect, and discover what is possible in ourselves and others.
THERE'S MORE IN PEOPLE THAN WE SEE.
The Wonder Effect begins with a simple belief: there is often more potential in people than we currently see.
Attention helps us notice it.
Curiosity helps us discover it.
Care helps create the conditions for it to emerge.
ATTENTION — CURIOSITY — CARE
ATTENTION
CURIOSITY
CARE
WHY WONDER?
Wonder changes the way we pay attention. It invites us to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and see possibilities we might otherwise overlook.
The Wonder Effect explores what can happen when Attention, Curiosity, and Care aren't left to chance—but intentionally built into the way we learn, lead, work, and connect with one another.
A BOOK BUILT ACROSS DIFFERENT STAGES.
For more than three decades, Jim Lenz has explored what makes people lean in across classrooms, conference rooms, professional education, workforce development, podcasts, organizations, and live stages.
Those experiences may look different. But the questions underneath them kept converging: What captures attention? What awakens curiosity? What creates meaningful connection? What helps people see something they couldn't see before?
The Wonder Effect grew from that exploration.
COMING LATE 2026
WHAT IF WONDER ISN'T ACCIDENTAL?
The Wonder Effect explores what becomes possible when we intentionally create the conditions for people to pay attention, stay curious, care deeply—and discover more of what's possible.