{"id":360647,"date":"2026-07-31T19:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/whats-happening-to-wonder\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:48:28","slug":"whats-happening-to-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=360647","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Happening to Wonder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juliewinklegiulioni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AdobeStock_2007451366-300x167.jpeg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 5px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juliewinklegiulioni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AdobeStock_2007451366-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Hand with Glowing Question Marks Floating in Air, Concept for Curiosity, Doubt, and Seeking Solutions.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1429\" \/> \u00a0 One of the quieter casualties of AI isn\u2019t our ability to think. It\u2019s our willingness to wonder. Every day, leaders are rewarded for having answers. Team members come with questions, problems, and uncertainty, and the instinct is understandable: solve it quickly, remove the friction, keep things moving. Responsiveness feels like good leadership.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">But what if our speed is costing our people<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">something more valuable?<\/h2>\n<p>Wonder is where insight begins. It\u2019s the space between the question and the answer\u2014that sometimes uncomfortable period where people wrestle with possibilities, make unexpected connections, and arrive at discoveries of their own. Increasingly, though, we\u2019re shortening that space. AI gives us answers in seconds. Leaders often provide them even faster. The result is certainly efficiency. But it may also be fewer opportunities for people to develop judgment, confidence, and the habit of thinking deeply before reaching for an answer.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">One of the greatest gifts a leader can give isn\u2019t another answer.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">It\u2019s another minute.<\/h2>\n<p>Instead of jumping to AI or jumping in yourself, consider asking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What possibilities have you considered?<\/li>\n<li>What makes this problem difficult?<\/li>\n<li>What are we assuming?<\/li>\n<li>If there weren\u2019t an obvious answer, where would you start?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These questions don\u2019t delay progress. They deepen it. They invite people to think, not simply respond. And over time, they help build the kind of capability that no technology can replace. The irony is that leaders often believe they\u2019re being helpful by removing struggle. Sometimes they are. But productive struggle is also where judgment develops, resilience grows, and innovation takes root. Not every question deserves an immediate answer. Some deserve a little room to breathe. I\u2019m certainly not suggesting we ignore AI\u2014or withhold our expertise. But I am advocating for becoming more intentional about when we provide (or allow AI to provide) the answer sand when we preserve the wondering. Because if people lose the appetite to wrestle with important questions, they\u2019ll eventually lose the habit as well. Organizations won\u2019t succeed simply because their people can find answers faster. They\u2019ll succeed because their people continue asking better questions. If you\u2019re interested in what this means for learning and development professionals\u2014and why cultivating wonder may become one of L&amp;D\u2019s most important responsibilities\u2014I explore that idea in greater depth in my latest <em>Training Industry Magazine<\/em> column, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/magazine\/summer-2026\/i-wonder-the-skill-and-will-were-losing\/\">I Wonder\u2026 the Skill &amp; Will We\u2019re Silently Surrendering<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliewinklegiulioni.com\/blog\/leadership-matters\/whats-happening-to-wonder\/\">What\u2019s Happening to Wonder?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliewinklegiulioni.com\">Julie Winkle Giulioni<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 One of the quieter casualties of AI isn\u2019t our ability to think. It\u2019s our willingness to wonder. 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