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Making work wonderful: New book shows leaders how to unlock curiosity, creativity and better ideas

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Spark Wonder at Work by Brooke Hill Publication date: October 2026 

https://brookehill.com.au/books-by-brooke-hill 

 

When did you last give yourself the space for real wonder? 

Spark Wonder At Work by award-winning Wonderthink agency founder Brooke Hill unlocks meaningful shifts at work for both leaders and employees, using wonder to spark fresh thinking, fuel creativity and transform the way we work. 

Globally, leaders are hunting for ways to unlock innovation and cope with the rapid pace of change, but most are still trying to find it in environments that leave little room for curiosity or original thought. Enter: wonder. 

“Wonder isn’t frivolous, it’s productive. It’s about creating the space to ask better questions, challenge what we think we know and imagine what might be possible,” says Brooke. “When leaders make room for wonder, they create the conditions for curiosity and better ideas to flourish.”

In Spark Wonder at Work, Brooke shares how awe, curiosity and optimism mean we can shift our perspective and cultivate genuine engagement and creativity at work. 

And right now wonder is not a luxury, it’s a workplace necessity for every kind of workplace, and the ultimate antidote to cultures that burn people out:  

“The first step? We have to stop seeing wonder as a fairy tale and start seeing it as a business goal with high priority. And this requires a change in thinking. Wonder is a workplace must-have. When we allow wonder to enter the workplace, we unlock human potential.”

Brooke argues that wonder isn’t about abandoning commercial realities or turning the workplace into a playground. It’s about creating the conditions in which people feel safe and energised enough to question assumptions, explore possibilities and make unexpected connections.

To demonstrate how these shifts function in practice, Brooke shares insights from interviews with leaders across different business sectors, and her own real-world business experience at Wonderthink, exploring how bringing wonder into strategy creates a tangible difference in teams. 

Spark Wonder at Work serves as a hands-on, practical guide that inspires us all back to the core conditions where wonder thrives. Like a playful ‘children’s book for adults’, it moves between big questions about the role work plays in our lives and practical ideas leaders and employees can use immediately: from running better brainstorms and creating space for original thinking to managing energy, asking better questions and reconnecting with a sense of awe in our day to day.

In Spark Wonder at Work, Brooke Hill takes readers from understanding why wonder matters to putting it into practice at work. Readers will learn how to:

• Understand what wonder is, why adults often lose touch with it, and why it matters for creativity, connection and better work.

• Reconnect with curiosity and imagination through play, experimentation and asking better questions.

• Break familiar patterns through unexpected yet proven practices

• Generate better ideas by understanding when to use divergent thinking and when to shift into convergent thinking.

• Create the conditions for wonder in teams, including psychological safety and the freedom to admit, “I don’t know.”

This is a business book unlike any other on your bookshelf, with beautiful illustrations, tactile foldouts, and invitations to press pause and prioritise small but powerful moments of wonder. 

About us:

Brooke Hill is a strategist, storyteller and wonder-seeker, and the founder and director of award-winning content agency WonderThink. She’s on a mission to bring more wonder into the way we work, lead, create and live. As the author of the upcoming Spark Wonder at Work, she explores how leaders and teams can use wonder as a catalyst for curiosity, creativity and better work. 

An experienced speaker on wonder and creativity, Brooke brings warmth, wit and practical magic to conversations about work, leadership, storytelling and the future of human creativity. She is also the author of the children’s picture book You Two, You Two, published by Hachette in 2023.She lives in Sydney with her family and is happiest when baking, reading, writing, or noticing wonders big and small.

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