World Woman Club celebrates 20 Years

On March 1, 2026, World Woman Club opened the anniversary season of its 20th jubilee — a journey that began in 2006 and, according to the club’s official materials, was formally registered on March 1, 2007. This jubilee year is envisioned not as a single evening or one ceremonial event, but as an entire international season of recognition, remembrance, and a renewed vision for the future.

The summer culmination of the celebrations will take place in Davos as part of the World Woman Forum 2026, with a gala celebration on July 12, marking the high point of this historic year.

Over twenty years, World Woman Club has grown from the idea of uniting strong and ambitious women into a full-fledged international ecosystem. The club defines its mission as bringing together women leaders and women’s organizations from around the world into one multilingual global network for real progress, business cooperation, and global development. What began as a bold initiative has evolved into a respected international platform that connects women across countries, cultures, industries, and generations.

Global Mentoring Programme 2026 announced the intake in 200 countries

How the Global Women’s Mentoring Program Emerged

From the Vital Voices initiative (1997–1999) to U.S. Department of State support and a worldwide network

Global mentoring for women did not appear overnight. It grew out of a public-policy idea in the late 1990s, evolved into an independent international organization, and later expanded through public–private partnerships that connected women leaders across countries and industries. Below is a clear narrative of how this global mentoring model formed—along with the people and formats that helped it scale.

1) The origins: a U.S. State Department initiative (1997)

In 1997, the U.S. Department of State launched the Vital Voices Democracy Initiative. It is often described as an effort to make the promotion of women’s rights and women’s leadership part of U.S. foreign policy. In Vital Voices sources, this early stage is linked to the roles of Hillary Rodham Clinton (then First Lady) and Madeleine Albright (then U.S. Secretary of State).

Secrets of Swiss Business

Switzerland succeeds in business not because it is mysterious, but because it is systemically reliable. Its model combines political neutrality, legal predictability, decentralized federalism, a hard-currency tradition, and extreme specialization in high-value sectors. Basel matters because it is not only a Swiss city: it is one of the world’s rule-making capitals for finance, home to the BIS and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Zurich matters because it concentrates banking, insurance and asset management. Geneva matters because diplomacy and commodities trading intersect there. And the wider Swiss economy matters because it still manufactures globally valuable things—drugs, instruments, engineering systems, watches, diagnostics, specialty chemicals—at a scale few rich service economies still manage. 

That is why “Swiss business” is best understood as an operating system rather than a collection of isolated firms. The services economy is enormous, but manufacturing remains unusually strong for an advanced economy. SMEs dominate by number, while large multinational groups dominate many internationally tradable niches. The country’s external posture—neutral, stable, treaty-rich, and diplomatically active—reduces political risk for capital. Yet the old stereotype of Switzerland as a secrecy haven is badly outdated: bank-client confidentiality still exists as a legal duty, but foreign tax opacity has been steadily dismantled through AEOI/CRS, FATCA arrangements, and tighter AML enforcement. In other words, modern Switzerland sells trust, compliance and quality more than silence. 

Top 20 Best Countries for Business Development by 2035

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By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

Introduction

By 2035, the best country for business development will not necessarily be the country with the lowest tax rate or the fastest incorporation form. It will be the country where business can be built, financed, protected, scaled and lived around.

This means the serious founder must now ask a wider question: not merely where to register a company, but where to create a durable economic life. A truly strong jurisdiction must combine legal predictability, workable taxation, credible institutions, practical infrastructure, decent family living conditions, educational opportunity for children, acceptable healthcare, and enough economic headroom for the entrepreneur not only to survive, but to accumulate capital.

That is why this article does not offer a shallow “top list”. It offers a strategic view of 20 jurisdictions that, for different reasons, may remain among the strongest places in the world for business development by 2035. The world economy is entering a more selective era of capital, more geopolitical fragmentation, more AI-led productivity gaps, and more competition between tax systems, talent systems and quality-of-life systems. Countries that align all three — money, institutions and family life — will win the next decade.

MINIBOSS STARTUP CAMP 2026: Why Such Camps Are Important for Neurophysiology

Why Entrepreneurial Summer Camps Matter for a Child’s Brain, Character and Future

Every parent wants their child to grow into a confident, intelligent, emotionally strong and future-ready person. But in the 21st century, this cannot be achieved through academic knowledge alone. Children need environments that develop not only memory and school performance, but also the brain systems responsible for decision-making, self-control, communication, creativity, motivation, leadership and adaptive thinking.

This is the mission of MINIBOSS STARTUP CAMP 2026 — an inspiring in-person summer programme for kids and teenagers aged 6–17, created to develop entrepreneurial thinking, financial literacy, leadership, creativity, communication skills, teamwork and self-confidence.

The camp is designed for international locations including Glasgow, Davos, Odesa, Taipei, Baku, Almaty, Ashgabat, Brisbane, Erbil, Dubai, and other cities.

A Tradition of Business Education for Children Since 2000

Since 2000, MiniBoss Business School has been developing a unique international approach to children’s business education. Over the years, MiniBoss programmes have evolved from entrepreneurial classes and business projects into a global educational ecosystem that includes Saturday business schools, startup camps, business games, championships, forums, project-based learning and international communication.

The idea was innovative from the beginning: children should not wait until adulthood to learn how the real world works. They can begin much earlier — by learning how ideas are born, how teams are built, how money works, how products are created, how problems are solved and how leaders make decisions.

Today, MiniBoss Startup Camp continues this tradition as a practical, dynamic and emotionally engaging format where children learn through action, play, teamwork, creativity and real-life business simulations.

Why Such Camps Are Important for Neurophysiology

A child’s brain is not a finished system. It is a developing network that changes in response to experience. This ability is called neuroplasticity — the brain’s capacity to form, strengthen and reorganise neural connections through learning, practice, emotion and social interaction.

Educational environments that combine novelty, challenge, emotion, movement, communication and problem-solving can support the development of key cognitive systems. Research on child development shows that play, exploration and social interaction are strongly connected with cognitive, emotional and social growth. UNICEF also recognises play and leisure as a child’s right under Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

A high-quality business camp is not “just entertainment”. It is a structured developmental environment where the child’s brain is repeatedly trained to ask questions, analyse situations, make choices, negotiate, create, present, collaborate and adapt.

Executive Functions: The Brain’s Management System

One of the most important areas developed through business games and startup projects is executive function. Executive functions include working memory, attention control, self-regulation, cognitive flexibility, planning and the ability to inhibit impulsive reactions.

These are the brain skills that help a child:

• focus on a task;
• control emotions;
• listen to others;
• make decisions;
• switch between ideas;
• plan steps;
• evaluate risks;
• finish what they start.

Childhood is considered a critical period for executive function development, and modern reviews describe executive functions as essential for impulse control, attention, working memory and flexible thinking. 

In MiniBoss Startup Camp, children train these functions naturally. When they create a business idea, divide team roles, calculate costs, prepare a presentation or solve a conflict, they are not simply “playing business”. They are exercising the brain’s internal management system.

Learning Through Emotion, Action and Experience

The brain learns best when information is connected with emotion and action. A child who only hears about leadership may forget the lesson. But a child who becomes a “team leader” in a business game, negotiates with others, makes a decision, fails, tries again and finally presents a project — remembers the experience deeply.

This is why project-based learning and business simulations are so powerful. They connect several brain systems at once:

the cognitive system — thinking, logic, memory;
the emotional system — motivation, confidence, excitement;
the social brain — empathy, communication, cooperation;
the motor system — action, movement, active participation;
the language system — speaking, explaining, presenting.

Play-based and interactive learning helps children develop social, cognitive and emotional skills, and gives them confidence to engage with new experiences. 

Why Entrepreneurship Is Good for the Developing Mind

Entrepreneurial thinking is not only about business. It is a way of thinking that trains the child to see problems as opportunities.

At MiniBoss, children learn to ask:

• What problem can I solve?
• Who needs this solution?
• How can I create value?

This develops a growth mindset, curiosity and resilience. Instead of passively waiting for instructions, children learn to think actively and independently.

Entrepreneurship also strengthens cause-and-effect thinking. Children begin to understand that actions lead to consequences: if we change the price, customers react differently; if we improve the product, value increases; if we communicate badly, the team becomes weaker; if we listen to the client, the project becomes stronger.

This is real-life intelligence.

Financial Literacy and the Brain of Responsibility

Financial literacy is especially important because it connects abstract thinking with everyday decisions. Children learn that money is not magic. It is connected with value, work, exchange, budgeting, income, expenses, profit, investment and responsibility.

Modern financial life is becoming more complex, especially in a digital economy. Recent OECD-related discussions have highlighted concerns that many teenagers lack financial literacy and mathematical confidence for modern economic life. 

MiniBoss introduces financial thinking in an age-appropriate way. Children do not simply memorise terms. They test financial decisions through business games:

• How much does our product cost?
• What are our expenses?
• How much profit can we make?
• What happens if we spend too much?
• How do we attract investment?
• Why should a customer pay for our idea?

This trains not only financial knowledge, but also responsibility, planning and self-control.

Communication and Social Brain Development

Children do not develop leadership alone. They develop it in interaction with others.

During the camp, they communicate, negotiate, present, disagree, persuade, listen, support teammates and solve conflicts. These activities develop the social brain — the neural systems involved in understanding others, reading emotions, predicting reactions and building relationships.

For many children and teenagers, this is one of the most important benefits of the camp. They learn how to speak with confidence, how to defend an idea without aggression, how to accept feedback and how to feel valuable inside a group.

This is especially important in a world where children spend more time online and may have fewer opportunities for deep live communication.

Creativity, TRIZ and Innovation Thinking

Creativity is not just “artistic talent”. In business and science, creativity is the ability to generate new solutions, combine ideas, see patterns and overcome contradictions.

MiniBoss Startup Camp includes creative studios, idea-generation sessions and TRIZ-based innovation thinking. This helps children move from ordinary answers to original solutions.

For the brain, this means training cognitive flexibility — the ability to move from one idea to another, see different perspectives and create new combinations.

A child who learns to think creatively becomes better prepared for a future where AI, technology and global change will constantly transform professions and markets.

Why Camp Atmosphere Matters

Neurophysiology also teaches us that learning is strongly influenced by emotional state. A child learns better when they feel safe, inspired, included and motivated.

Stress, fear and humiliation block curiosity. But encouragement, challenge, teamwork and achievement activate motivation.

MiniBoss Camp creates a positive, friendly and international atmosphere where children are encouraged to ask questions, express their ideas, cooperate with others, think creatively and try new roles — as leaders, entrepreneurs, presenters, negotiators and innovators.

This environment helps form not only knowledge, but also character.

What Children Will Gain

Powerful Intellectual Development

Children train logic, memory, strategic thinking, problem-solving, attention, communication and decision-making.

Financial Literacy

They learn how money, value, budgeting, expenses, income and profit work in real life.

Business Thinking

They discover how ideas become products, projects, services, startups and opportunities.

Leadership and Confidence

They practise public speaking, team leadership, negotiation, initiative and responsibility.

Creativity and Innovation

They generate ideas, solve problems, use imagination and learn how to turn challenges into opportunities.

Teamwork and Social Intelligence

They learn to cooperate, listen, support others, resolve conflicts and work toward a shared goal.

A Summer That Can Change the Future

The main purpose of MiniBoss Startup Camp is not only to teach children business. Its deeper mission is to help children build a strong inner foundation: confidence, curiosity, discipline, ambition, creativity and belief in their own potential.

A child who learns early that ideas matter, money has logic, communication has power and leadership can be trained, enters the future differently.

They become more prepared.
More independent.
More confident.
More creative.
More responsible.
More future-ready.

MINIBOSS STARTUP CAMP 2026 gives children the knowledge and developmental experience that ordinary schools often do not provide — the practical intelligence of real life, real business and real leadership.

Give Your Child a Summer That Can Shape Their Future

You only have one chance to influence the early development of your child’s character, confidence and intellectual habits.

Give your child a summer filled with friendship, inspiration, achievement and future-ready skills.

Apply now: +44 744 218 7704

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From Chaos to Conscious Evolution: Why Human Development Is No Longer Optional

Life moves in a spiral: from chaos to order, from simple reactions to complex systems, from blind survival to conscious transformation. The history of the Universe can be read as a long drama of organisation: energy becomes matter, matter becomes life, life becomes consciousness, consciousness creates culture, and culture now creates technologies capable of changing the future of life itself.

This is not only a philosophical idea. Modern physics, biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence and brain research increasingly show that reality evolves through new levels of complexity. Each new level does not destroy the previous one; it reorganises it. Atoms do not abolish particles. Life does not abolish chemistry. Consciousness does not abolish biology. Technology does not abolish the human being — but it forces humanity to develop a higher level of responsibility, intelligence and self-awareness.

Stage 1. The Physical Revolution: From the Big Bang to Atoms

13.8 billion – 4.5 billion years ago

The first great revolution was physical. About 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe began expanding from an extremely hot and dense state; NASA describes cosmic history as beginning with rapid expansion and the gradual formation of the structures we observe today. (NASA Science)

At the beginning, reality was not organised into stars, planets, bodies or brains. It was energy, particles, radiation and fundamental forces. Over immense periods of time, elementary particles formed nuclei, nuclei combined with electrons to form atoms, and atoms later combined into molecules. The Universe moved from pure energetic chaos toward structure.

This first revolution gave existence its physical alphabet: particles, atoms, molecules, gravity, light, mass, space and time. Without atoms, there could be no stars. Without stars, no carbon, oxygen or iron. Without chemical elements, no planets. Without planets, no biological life.

The principle is clear: complexity begins when simple elements form stable relationships.

This principle still governs human development. A person’s life also begins to change when scattered energy becomes structure: when emotions, thoughts, habits and goals are organised into a system.

Stage 2. The Biological Revolution: From Molecules to Consciousness

4.5 billion years ago – 200,000 years ago

The second revolution was biological. On Earth, molecules eventually became self-organising living systems. Life introduced a new law into reality: not only physical interaction, but adaptation.

Living organisms had to solve one fundamental problem: how to survive in a changing environment. Biology developed mechanisms for sensing, responding, remembering and adapting. Pain and pleasure became survival signals. Memory helped organisms avoid danger. Emotions in more complex animals helped regulate social bonds, hierarchy, attachment, competition and cooperation.

The development of nervous systems was a turning point. A nervous system allowed life not merely to react chemically, but to process information. Over time, brains became biological prediction machines: they learned to anticipate danger, seek resources, form attachments and make decisions.

Today neuroscience shows that the human brain remains plastic — it can change through experience, learning, training and recovery. Neuroplasticity is central to learning, memory, development and rehabilitation after injury. (PMC)

The human brain contains roughly 86 billion neurons, according to research that replaced the older simplified estimate of 100 billion. (PMC) These neurons form an extraordinary living network whose strength depends not only on genetic inheritance, but also on education, environment, repetition, attention, emotional experience and meaningful action.

The biological revolution therefore teaches us a vital lesson: the brain is not fixed; it is shaped by life.

This means development is not a luxury. It is the biological method by which humans adapt to reality.

Stage 3. The Cultural Revolution: Abstract Coding and the Birth of Human Meaning

Approximately 70,000 years ago and beyond

The third revolution was cultural. Other intelligent animals — such as primates, dolphins, whales, elephants and some birds — show planning, communication, memory, tool use and social learning. But Homo sapiens made a qualitative leap: humans created culture as an abstract system.

The exact timing of human language and symbolic behaviour is still debated. The Smithsonian notes that Homo sapiens evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago, while later symbolic systems, language, art and cultural transmission became increasingly complex over time. (Человеческие истоки) A 2025 MIT report also discusses genomic evidence suggesting that the capacity for human language may have existed at least 135,000 years ago, with social use possibly emerging around 100,000 years ago. (MIT News)

The cultural revolution introduced three powerful capacities:

Language — the ability to transmit complex ideas, not only signals of danger or food.
Abstract thinking — the ability to understand cause and effect, imagine invisible forces, plan the future and create symbolic systems.
Self-awareness — the ability to reflect on oneself, one’s choices, one’s death, one’s role and one’s purpose.

Culture allowed humans to store knowledge outside the body: in stories, rituals, tools, drawings, myths, laws, songs and later writing. The Smithsonian notes that by around 8,000 years ago, humans were using symbols to represent words and concepts, while true writing systems developed over the following millennia. 

This was a new form of evolution. Biological evolution works through genes across generations. Cultural evolution works through learning, imitation, education and shared meaning.

A child does not need to rediscover fire, agriculture, mathematics, writing, medicine or business from zero. Culture gives every new generation a staircase built by previous generations.

But culture also creates responsibility. If a human being can inherit knowledge, then a human being must learn how to use it.

Stage 4. The Agrarian-Technological Revolution: From Tribe to Civilisation

12,000 years ago – 16th century

The fourth revolution was agrarian and technological. About 12,000 years ago, the development of agriculture changed how humans lived: people shifted from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles toward farming, permanent settlements and food production. (education.nationalgeographic.org)

This transformed survival. Humans no longer only adapted to the environment; they began to redesign it. They domesticated plants and animals, built villages, created storage systems, developed tools, divided labour and organised collective work.

Agriculture created surplus. Surplus created cities. Cities created administration, trade, armies, temples, education, law, accounting, taxation and social hierarchy. Human life moved from the small tribe to large-scale civilisation.

This revolution was not only about food. It was about organisation.

The human being learned that survival depends not only on strength, but on systems: irrigation, calendars, property, contracts, roads, markets, schools, armies, governments and institutions.

In psychological terms, this was the rise of strategic thinking. The farmer had to think across seasons. The builder had to think across generations. The merchant had to think across distance. The ruler had to think across populations.

The agrarian-technological revolution teaches us another core principle: those who organise better survive better.

In the modern world, this applies to individuals and businesses. A person without organisation is ruled by impulses. A business without organisation is ruled by chaos. A society without organisation becomes unstable.

Stage 5. The Scientific-Cybernetic Revolution: From Understanding Nature to Directing Evolution

16th century – present

The fifth revolution began with the scientific worldview and has now entered a cybernetic, digital and AI-driven stage.

Science changed the human relationship with reality. Instead of explaining the world only through myth, tradition or authority, humans began to test, measure, calculate, experiment and model. This created modern physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, engineering, economics, psychology and computer science.

Cybernetics and digital technology added a new step: humans began to build systems that process information, learn from data and influence decision-making. Artificial intelligence now extends human cognition into machines.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics recognised John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for foundational work on artificial neural networks and machine learning, showing how ideas inspired by physics and brain-like information processing helped create today’s AI systems. (NobelPrize.org) The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognised work connected to computational protein design and protein structure prediction; AlphaFold2 has been able to predict structures for almost all of the 200 million proteins identified by researchers and has been used by more than two million people across 190 countries. (NobelPrize.org)

This is historically significant. Humanity is no longer only discovering nature. It is beginning to design biological, informational and technological systems at a scale never seen before.

Brain science is also entering a new era. The European Human Brain Project, which ran from 2013 to 2023, pioneered digital brain research at the interface of neuroscience, computing and technology. (humanbrainproject.eu) The NIH BRAIN Initiative supports the development of innovative technologies to understand brain activity and has reported major advances in brain mapping, including the full mapping of neural connections in the fruit fly brain in 2024. (braininitiative.nih.gov)

These achievements show that the human brain is no longer only a mystery of philosophy. It is becoming an object of high-resolution scientific investigation, computational modelling and technological interaction.

This creates an enormous question:

If humanity is learning to understand and redesign matter, life, intelligence and the brain, what kind of human being must we become in order to use this power wisely?

The Spiral Pattern: From Chaos to Order

Across all five revolutions, we see the same spiral:

• Particles organise into atoms.
• Atoms organise into molecules.
• Molecules organise into cells.
• Cells organise into nervous systems.
• Brains organise experience into memory and emotion.
• Humans organise meaning through language and culture.
• Civilisations organise survival through technology and institutions.
• Science organises knowledge through evidence.
• AI organises information at planetary scale.

Each stage increases the power of organisation.

But each stage also increases risk.

A stone cannot misuse nuclear energy.
A plant cannot create propaganda.
A monkey cannot design artificial intelligence.
A child cannot yet govern a civilisation.

Only a conscious human being can create tools powerful enough to transform the world — and possibly damage it.

Therefore, the next stage of evolution cannot be only technological. It must be human development.

Why Every Person Must Develop

The modern world demands more than survival skills. It demands expanded intelligence.

A person today must develop:

• Physical intelligence — energy, health, discipline, embodiment.
• Emotional intelligence — self-regulation, empathy, resilience, maturity.
• Mental intelligence — logic, critical thinking, learning ability, memory.
• Creative intelligence — imagination, innovation, design thinking.
• Strategic intelligence — long-term planning, systems thinking, decision-making.
• Entrepreneurial intelligence — the ability to see opportunities and create value.
• Technological intelligence — the ability to work with AI, data and digital systems.
• Spiritual or meaning intelligence — the ability to ask why, not only how.

This is not abstract philosophy. It is survival in the new civilisation.

A person who does not develop attention becomes controlled by algorithms.
A person who does not develop critical thinking becomes vulnerable to manipulation.
A person who does not develop emotional intelligence becomes unstable under pressure.
A person who does not develop creativity becomes replaceable by automation.
A person who does not develop strategy becomes reactive.
A person who does not develop ethics may misuse power.

The scientific-cybernetic revolution is forcing humanity into a new educational imperative: we must train the human being as seriously as we train machines.

The Brain as the Centre of the Next Revolution

The brain is the biological bridge between matter, life, culture and technology.

It is made of atoms, but it creates poetry.
It is a biological organ, but it invents mathematics.
It evolved for survival, but it asks about eternity.
It is limited by the body, but it builds machines that extend cognition beyond the body.

Neuroplasticity proves that human development is biologically possible. AI proves that intelligence can be modelled and extended. Brain mapping proves that cognition can be studied in unprecedented detail. Biotechnology proves that life itself is becoming programmable.

But these achievements also show that education must change.

Education can no longer be only memorisation. It must become the art of developing the whole human system: brain, body, emotions, values, creativity, ethics, communication, leadership and purpose.

The Next Revolution: Conscious Self-Development

If the first revolution created matter, the second created life, the third created culture, the fourth created civilisation, and the fifth created science and cybernetic systems, then the next revolution must be the revolution of conscious self-development.

This means:

• to know oneself;
• to train one’s brain;
• to manage emotions;
• to think strategically;
• to create ethically;
• to cooperate globally;
• to use technology wisely;
• to build meaning, not only success.

The future will not belong simply to those who have information. AI already has access to more information than any individual human. The future will belong to those who can transform information into wisdom, wisdom into action, and action into positive evolution.

Development Is the Human Response to Evolution

The Universe began in physical intensity.
Life emerged through biological adaptation.
Humanity rose through language and culture.
Civilisation grew through technology and organisation.
Science now gives us the power to understand and transform matter, life, intelligence and the brain.

But power without development is dangerous.

That is why every human being today faces a new evolutionary responsibility: to develop consciously.

To develop the brain.
To develop character.
To develop creativity.
To develop leadership.
To develop emotional maturity.
To develop ethical intelligence.
To develop the ability to create, not only consume.

Life moves from chaos to order.
But in the human world, order does not appear automatically.

It is created by consciousness.

And the most important project of the 21st century may not be only artificial intelligence, biotechnology or space exploration.

It may be the development of the human being capable of using them wisely.

Dr Olga Azarova