Mindful Business Club
The Mindful Business Club (MBC) at HWZ is a curated, non-commercial platform for organisations and leaders who are actively shaping value-based, people-centred and future-oriented business practice. It combines academic rigour with entrepreneurial practice, providing a safe space for reflection, dialogue and responsible decision-making.
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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. Dates and further details are available from our coordinator.
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.
