Mindful Business Club
The Mindful Business Club (MBC) at HWZ is a curated, non-commercial platform for organisations, leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals, and interested individuals who take a holistic view of business, leadership, and personal development, and who actively want to help shape values-based, people-centred, and future-ready business practice. It combines a research-informed foundation with entrepreneurial practice and provides a trusted space for reflection, dialogue, and responsible decision-making. Through moderated meetings, members gain inspiration, exchange perspectives, and develop practical approaches for their own organisations and entrepreneurial mindset. HWZ acts as the host, source of inspiration, and curator of the Mindful Business Club.
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The Mindful Business Club brings together selected leaders who want to rethink business and develop responsible leadership in practice. In moderated sessions, participants gain fresh perspectives, share experience and develop practical approaches that they can apply within their own organisations. HWZ hosts the Mindful Business Club and contributes ideas and input as an active thought partner.
Our values
People at the centre: economic activity consistently serves human development and meaningful impact.
Responsibility over short-termism: decisions are guided by long-term economic, social and environmental effects.
Technology with integrity: technological progress is shaped consciously, ethically and with a clear focus on people.
Organisations as enablers: Effective organisations create structures that enable meaningful action.
Mindfulness and reflection: pausing, changing perspective and continuous learning form the foundation of contemporary leadership.
Openness and trust: peer-level exchange in a protected, confidential setting — no pitches and no sales agenda.
Your added value
Curated, exclusive network
Exchange with entrepreneurs, leaders and decision-makers from a range of industries and organisations of different sizes.
Practice-oriented knowledge transfer
Current impulses from HWZ’s teaching, research and continuing education directly applicable within your own organisation.
New perspectives and co-creation
Dialogue with organisations, students and experts including critical and unfamiliar viewpoints.
A space for reflection beyond traditional business clubs
No pitches, no sales agenda. Instead, substantive engagement with the future-focused questions that matter.
Connection to education and emerging talent
Opportunity to bring entrepreneurial questions, cases or projects into degree and continuing education formats.
Who is this club for?
The Mindful Business Club is aimed at leaders, entrepreneurs, and those responsible for transformation, culture, sustainability, innovation, or people and organisation, who wish to combine business success with responsible action. Our members are co-creators, not merely participants.
We deliberately aim for a mix of perspectives and mindsets.
Format and structure
The club meets three to four times a year in interactive, moderated formats — roundtables, apéro riche events and co-creation sessions. Meetings are intentionally designed to be dialogue-led, reflective and practice-oriented.
Memberships
Corporate membership
For companies, organisations, and institutions that want to actively help shape the Mindful Business Club.
Membership fee: on request
Participation in the Bhutan Business Retreat (separate costs apply)
Access to selected HWZ research projects and expert insights
Co-creation of the club and its activities
A say in how club funds are used for projects and research
Voting rights within the club
Up to three additional participants from the company may attend events
Access to a high-quality network spanning business, academia, and society
MBC Friends
For individuals who want to become part of the community and take part in the club’s activities.
Membership fee: CHF 100 per year
Free participation in selected club events
Access to the Bhutan Business Retreat (separate costs apply)
Invitation to exclusive networking events
Newsletter with insights on Bhutan, mindfulness, leadership, and business
Opportunity to take part in individual Bhutan experiences
Support with events
Support for projects and initiatives
Participation in community activities
Become part of an inspiring community
Community bonus: anyone who successfully refers a new corporate member receives 10% of the first annual membership fee as a thank-you.
Exclusive member Benefit
Bhutan Business Retreat
Once a year, the club offers its members the opportunity to take part in the Bhutan Business Retreat — a unique combination of business, culture and mindfulness in the land of Gross National Happiness (GNH).
Limited to 12–15 participants
In-depth insights into business, society and leadership in the context of Gross National Happiness (GNH)
Exclusive encounters with stakeholders from education, business and public administration
A unique triad of business, culture and mindfulness
Reflection beyond Western concepts of success
Membership
Interested in becoming a member? Register directly via mbc@fh-hwz.ch. Admission is based on a personal interview with Hugo Bigi and Mirjam Hasbi.
