Leonardo Art School Launches a New Global Season of Creative Intelligence

From 12 September, Leonardo Art School centres across five continents will open their new season of Saturday classes for young creators, welcoming children into an educational environment designed around one central idea: Creativity is not simply a talent. It is a way of thinking that can be developed.

A new academic season is beginning at Leonardo Art School, the international creative education network dedicated to developing not only artistic ability, but the way children think, imagine, create and express themselves.

Einstein Science School opens its 1st Franchise Representative in Turkmenistan

A New Model of Early Science Education Launches in Ashgabat

A major new development in supplementary education is coming to Turkmenistan with the opening of the country’s first Einstein Science School franchise in Ashgabat.

The new centre will operate on the platform of the International Business Academy of Turkmenistan and will be developed under the leadership of well-known local entrepreneurs Grigory Gurbanov and Jamila Kerimova, representing Ish Nokady.

Sсhool of the Future: How One Franchise Changed Education In 30+ Countries

How the “Educational LEGO” Model Is Driving a Revolution in Education

Dr OLGA AZAROVA
Founder & CEO | Education Innovator | Entrepreneur | PhD in Economics. Founder and developer of international educational innovations, including MINIBOSS & BIGBOSS BUSINESS SCHOOLS, LEONARDO, EINSTEIN and a broad ecosystem of specialised education franchises.
FORTUNE 500 MPW and UN SDGs Awards Laureate.

Education determines not only what people know, but what they are capable of creating. For decades, traditional education has successfully delivered literacy, academic knowledge and socialisation. Yet the modern economy increasingly demands something more: entrepreneurship, creativity, problem-solving, technological thinking, leadership and the ability to transform knowledge into real results.

According to the World Economic Forum, around 40% of workers’ core professional skills are expected to change by 2030. It is often said today that AI will replace the majority of current workers; consequently, training workers for factories and plants—and pouring all our educational resources into schools and universities for this purpose—is a pointless endeavor. Instead, we need to cultivate creators, entrepreneurs, and AI managers capable of driving significant global change, particularly in business processes.

Innovation Starts in Schools — Lessons from China

Innovation Starts in Schools — Lessons from China

Countries that want successful innovation systems must invest in science education — and, above all, in science teachers.

When governments discuss national innovation strategies, the conversation usually begins at the top of the pyramid: artificial intelligence, research universities, venture capital, technology parks, semiconductor factories and R&D budgets. China is increasingly working from the opposite direction as well. Its current education reforms are based on a much longer-term proposition: a country cannot build a sustainable innovation economy unless scientific thinking begins at school, years before a young person enters a university laboratory or technology company. 

The Scale of Innovation Investment

X Money + Grok: How Artificial Intelligence Could Turn Money from a Passive Asset into an Intelligent Economic System

When a financial account is combined with a global digital identity

The most interesting aspect of X Money may not lie in the financial products Elon Musk is launching today, but in what could happen if X's financial infrastructure becomes deeply integrated with artificial intelligence. A digital wallet on its own is no longer revolutionary. Interest-bearing accounts, cards, cashback, instant transfers and direct deposits are already established features across financial markets. 

But when a financial account is combined with a global digital identity, a communications network and a powerful AI agent, the result belongs to a fundamentally different category. It is no longer simply an application for storing and transferring money. It becomes the potential foundation of an intelligent environment capable of analysing the financial position of an individual or company and acting in pursuit of defined economic objectives.

10 Trends Every School Director Must Know

What Education Will Look Like in 3, 5, 10 and 20 Years

Future of Education Special Report | 2026

Education is entering one of the most significant periods of structural change since the creation of mass schooling.

Artificial intelligence is moving into everyday teaching. Employers are redesigning jobs faster than many schools are redesigning curricula. Universities are becoming lifelong education platforms. Credentials are becoming smaller and stackable, while neuroscience, robotics and personalised learning are changing how we understand education itself.

The scale of transformation is already visible. The World Economic Forum estimates that 39% of workers’ core skills will change by 2030, while labour-market transformation could create around 170 million jobs and displace 92 million, producing a net increase of 78 million roles.

Dr Olga Azarova: The Evolution of Family Business Culture

Family Business: The Original Economic Engine of Humanity

Family business isn’t just a category of commerce; it is the original economic engine of humanity. Long before the rise of multinational corporations or the invention of the stock market, the household was the primary unit of production, trade, and innovation. Today, family-controlled firms remain the backbone of the global economy, contributing over 70% of the global GDP.

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period by countries.

1. The Genesis: Who Were the First Family Entrepreneurs?

The history of family business is as old as civilisation itself. In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, trades were passed from father to son — whether they were potters, architects, or merchants.

The New Business Models Transforming Fertility Care

Who Will Dominate the Future of Reproductive Medicine?

Healthcare is entering a new era in which fertility services are becoming part of a much larger ecosystem. Traditional IVF clinics are no longer the only players. Tomorrow's market will be shaped by entirely new operators.

The current reproductive medicine industry includes:

• IVF clinics
• Hospital fertility centers
• Egg and sperm banks
• Genetic laboratories
• Cryogenic storage facilities
• Fertility tourism agencies
• Employer fertility-benefit providers
• Digital fertility platforms

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro ("in glass").

These organizations together create a multi-billion-dollar global industry.

The Three Major Commercially Important Services

The Cost of Parenthood: TOP 3 fertility services worldwide

The World's Most Popular Fertility Treatments and How to Prepare Financially

Modern reproductive medicine offers extraordinary possibilities—but they require careful financial planning.

The three most commonly purchased fertility services worldwide are in high demand across the globe, requiring patients to understand the associated costs and long-term financial commitments.

1. IVF Using Your Own Eggs

Typical private treatment costs:

• United States: US$15,000–30,000
• United Kingdom: £4,000–8,000
• Spain: €3,600–6,700
• Greece: €2,500–5,000
• Czech Republic: €2,700–5,700

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro ("in glass").

Medication, embryo freezing, ICSI and genetic testing may increase total costs significantly.

2. Egg Freezing

Reproductive Medicine Is Becoming a Technology Industry

From Infertility Treatment to Lifetime Fertility Management

For decades, reproductive medicine focused primarily on helping couples who struggled to conceive. Today, however, the industry is undergoing one of the fastest transformations in modern healthcare. It is no longer limited to infertility treatment—it has become a global ecosystem that combines medicine, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, genetics, cryopreservation, digital health and personalized care.

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 17.5% of adults worldwide—around one in six people—experience infertility during their lifetime. This growing demand, combined with delayed parenthood, declining birth rates and changing family structures, has created one of healthcare's fastest-growing markets.

Elena Günbeyi: Beyond IQ - Preparing Children to Create the Future

Elena Günbeyi Presents a New Vision of Education at Global Education Forum 2026 Davos

Davos, Switzerland | Global Education Forum 2026

As Artificial Intelligence rapidly transforms economies, workplaces, and entire industries, one question dominated discussions at the Global Education Forum 2026, held during Global Business Week Davos:

Are today's schools preparing children for tomorrow—or for yesterday?

In one of the forum's most forward-looking presentations, Elena Günbeyi, Head of the International Franchise Department of MINIBOSS Business School International Educational Network (United Kingdom), argued that the greatest challenge facing modern education is no longer the lack of information.

Cherry Chang: Every great education begins with seeing

True education begins by recognizing and drawing out the unique potential within every individual.

The Chinese concept of education combines two essential dimensions: Teaching (providing direction) and Nurturing (supporting growth). Both are necessary for genuine education.

Better thinking leads to better decisions, stronger relationships, and healthier communities.
Great educators are not those who know the most, but those who see the most.

My presentation explored a simple yet profound question: What is education? Rather than beginning with educational systems or teaching methods, I invited the audience to reconsider the meaning of the word itself.

Arvils Pekuless: Reimagining Education for the 21st Century by VisLatvijas Vidusskola, Latvia

GLOBAL EDUCATION FORUM 2026

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Speaking on the world’s leading diplomatic stage during Global Business Week Davos 2026, Arvils Pekuless, Founder of VisLatvijas Secondary school, issued a bold call to action for global leaders to fundamentally restructure the global approach to education and future leadership.

In his keynote address, "Future-Proofing Society: Cultivating the Leaders of 2026 and Beyond," Pekuless addressed the critical friction between outdated institutional systems and the rapid technological and economic shifts of the modern world.

Social Capital Theory

Theories Explaining Why Forums and Clubs Increase People’s Prosperity

Bringing people together at forums, business clubs, associations, women’s leadership clubs and entrepreneurial communities is economically valuable because it transforms an individual into a participant in a network of exchange: the exchange of knowledge, trust, contacts, deals, status, reputation and opportunities.

1. Social Capital Theory

Main idea: relationships between people are a form of capital, just like money, knowledge or equipment. The more high-quality connections a person has, the greater their access to information, recommendations, partners, clients and resources.

Social capital was explored by Pierre Bourdieu, James Coleman and Robert Putnam. In business, this means that a person in a club receives not just “contacts”, but accelerated access to opportunities that they would otherwise spend years trying to find outside the network.

How this works at forums:

A person meets entrepreneurs, investors, experts and potential clients; builds trust through personal contact; becomes part of a group where their name starts to be recognised; and receives deals faster through recommendations.

Video: Social Capital Theory — an explanation of social capital through Bourdieu, Putnam and its business application.

2. Mark Granovetter’s Theory of “Weak Ties”

Main idea: the newest opportunities often come not from close friends, but from “weak ties” — acquaintances, colleagues, conference participants and people from other circles.

Close contacts usually know roughly the same things as you do. But someone from a different circle brings new information: a new market, a new client, a new vacancy, a new partner, a new idea. This is why Granovetter showed that weak ties are especially important for spreading information and opportunities.

Forums and clubs are factories of weak ties.
Every new person can become a bridge to another market, another country, another industry or another group of clients.

Video: Granovetter — Strength of Weak Ties — a short explanation of the theory of weak ties.

3. Ronald Coase’s Theory of Transaction Costs

Main idea: every deal has hidden costs: finding a partner, checking their reliability, negotiating, agreeing terms and making sure they fulfil their promises. These are called transaction costs.

Forums and clubs reduce these costs. Why? Because people in a club are already partly verified, they have a reputation, they can be seen in person and spoken to directly. This shortens the path from “I do not know whom to trust” to “we can discuss cooperation”.

Coase explained the importance of transaction costs for the functioning of the economy.

Video: Essential Coase: What Are Transaction Costs?
Video: A Conversation with Ronald Coase — a deeper interview with the Nobel Prize-winning economist.

4. Network Effects Theory

Main idea: the value of a network grows as the number of participants increases. One person has limited resources. But 100 entrepreneurs already create hundreds of potential connections, deals, recommendations and combinations.

In economics, this is called network effects or network externalities: the more people are in the system, the more useful the system becomes for each participant.

A forum becomes more valuable when it has more high-quality participants.
Not simply “more people”, but more people with resources, competences, status, projects and access to markets.

Video: Network Effects and Demand-Side Economies of Scale
Video: Network Externalities — Marginal Revolution University

5. Gary Becker’s Human Capital Theory

Main idea: education, skills, experience and competences are investments that increase a person’s productivity and income. Human capital theory is associated with Gary Becker and Theodore Schultz; it treats learning and skills development as investment in future productivity.

Forums and clubs increase human capital because a person learns not only from books, but also through:

masterclasses, expert speeches, exchange of experience, case studies, public speaking, business matching and international communication.

In other words, a club is not merely “communication”. It is an environment of continuous learning.

Video: Lectures on Human Capital by Gary Becker
Video: Human Capital Theory — a short explanation of the theory.

6. Agglomeration Economies Theory

Main idea: when people, firms and talent gather in one place, an economic effect of concentration emerges. Cities, business clusters, technology parks and forums become wealthier not by accident: knowledge, suppliers, clients, investors and specialists are close to one another.

Agglomeration economies explain the benefits that arise when people and firms are located close together. Key mechanisms include knowledge exchange, a shared labour market, access to partners and infrastructure.

A forum is a temporary “city of opportunities”.
In two or three days, it concentrates what a person would normally spend months looking for: people, ideas, markets, capital and clients.

Video: What Are Agglomeration Economies?
Video: Urban Economics 101: Agglomeration Economies and Urban Growth — Ed Glaeser

7. James Buchanan’s Theory of Club Goods

Main idea: a club creates a special type of good — not fully private and not fully public. This good is available to club members: closed meetings, a trusted environment, contacts, knowledge, status and access to events.

Buchanan developed the economic theory of clubs, explaining how clubs create value for their members through shared benefits and limited access.

This is why paid clubs, closed business communities, entrepreneurial associations and international forums make economic sense: a participant pays not only for an event, but for access to an environment where opportunities are born.

8. Collective Intelligence Theory

Main idea: a group of people, when properly organised, can think, solve problems and generate ideas better than one person alone. Collective intelligence emerges when people combine different knowledge, experience, intuition, data and perspectives.

Forums provide exactly this: an entrepreneur sees their problem through the eyes of other people. One person gives an idea about marketing, another about finance, a third about an international market, and a fourth about partnership.

Video: What Is Collective Intelligence?
Video: Collective Intelligence Mission: Tom Malone, MIT Sloan

The Main Formula of the Value of Forums and Clubs

Forum / Club = Social Capital + Weak Ties + Trust + Knowledge + Reputation + Deals + New Markets.

Or, even more simply:

Prosperity grows where the quality of exchange grows.

One person is limited by their own knowledge and their own circle.
A person in a strong club gains access to other people’s experience, markets, connections and ideas — and turns them into their own growth.

Therefore, economically, a forum or a club is not merely an “event”. It is an infrastructure of prosperity.

 
Author: Dr Olga Azarova 

From “Skills Gaps” to “Skills First”

Why the Future of Growth Depends on People

The global economy is entering a new stage of development. For much of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, economic growth was largely associated with physical expansion: more roads, more factories, more industrial parks, more real estate, more ports, more machines and more infrastructure.

That model created enormous progress. It helped countries industrialise, urbanise and integrate into global trade. It lifted millions of people into the middle class and transformed the map of the world economy. But today, the logic of growth is changing.

The next stage of competitiveness will not be defined only by how much a country can build. It will be defined by how much a country can learn.

MINIBOSS STARTUP CAMPS: 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.

12 stages of the evolution of women rights

Women's rights are rights considered inherent and inalienable to every woman (girl, young woman) regardless of her citizenship, age, race, ethnicity or religion.

But it was sometimes different from this.

The 100% News interviewed and discussed the evolution of women's rights in the world from a famous woman, entrepreneur, and innovator - Olga Azarova, founder and President of the International Club of Successful Women WORLD WOMAN CLUB, Honorary UN Ambassador for Women's Entrepreneurship, Laureate of the Rating of the 500 Most Powerful Women in the world according to FORTUNE magazine.

The article is based on a story by Olga Azarova.

"Let's start with the fact that 100 years ago WOMEN DID NOT have basic property rights, to work, study, vote, or even to live.

Stage 1. Suffragettes.

Maybe you haven't even heard of it. In post-Soviet countries, they did not talk about this. But the first women's rights were demanded in Great Britain.

Suffragettes (from the French suffrage - suffrage) are participants in the movement to give women voting rights. Suffragettes also opposed discrimination against women in general in political and economic life. They considered it possible to fight using radical actions.

The first was the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only movement founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst that engaged in direct action and civil disobedience. A good film, Surazhist, was created, led by Meryl Streep and other outstanding actresses.

In 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant the right to vote to all women over 21 years of age. When women in Britain failed to gain suffrage in 1903, Pankhurst decided that women should “get to work themselves.” The motto of the WSPU became “deeds, not words.” Suffragettes harassed politicians, attempted to storm Parliament, were attacked and sexually harassed during clashes with police, chained themselves to railings, broke windows, set fire to mailboxes and empty buildings, planted bombs to damage churches and property, and faced wrath and ridicule in the media controlled by politicians.

The World Heard the Future Again: NASA’s X-59 Breaks the Sound Barrier for the First Time

Category: SCIENCE & LIFE / 100News.TV

The End of Loud Supersonic Flight: NASA Takes a Step Towards Aircraft That Fly Faster Than Sound Without the Deafening Boom

NASA X-59 Goes Supersonic for the First Time | 100News.TV

This week, an event took place that may enter the history of aviation not merely as another speed record, but as the beginning of a new technological era. NASA’s experimental aircraft, the X-59, broke the sound barrier for the first time, marking a crucial step towards a future in which supersonic flights over land may become not an exception, but a new norm.

On 5 June 2026, the X-59 completed its first supersonic flight. According to NASA, the aircraft took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California, piloted by NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less, reached a speed of approximately Mach 1.1, or around 713 mph, and climbed to an altitude of 43,400 feet. The flight lasted 81 minutes.

Why Business Education for Kids is the Ultimate Future-Proof Strategy

In a rapidly changing global economy, traditional academic education is no longer a guaranteed ticket to lifelong success. The formulas of yesterday cannot solve the unpredictable challenges of tomorrow. To thrive in the 21st century, children need more than just textbook knowledge—they need resilience, adaptability, and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Early business education is not about forcing children to become corporate executives; it is about unlocking their full potential by cultivating vital life skills like critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and proactive problem-solving. This is precisely where MINIBOSS BUSINESS SCHOOL steps in, transforming potential into tangible capability through its prestigious International Diploma.

Why Every Country Should Launch a MINIBOSS Business School Franchise

A New Generation Needs a New Kind of Education

The world is changing faster than traditional education systems can adapt. Children today are growing up in a reality shaped by artificial intelligence, global competition, economic uncertainty, technological disruption and rapidly changing professions. In this new environment, academic knowledge alone is no longer enough.

Every country needs a new educational infrastructure that prepares children not only to pass exams, but to think, create, lead, communicate, build projects, manage money and understand the real economy.

This is why the launch of a MINIBOSS BUSINESS SCHOOL franchise in every country is not simply a commercial opportunity. It is a strategic investment in national human capital.

MINIBOSS BUSINESS SCHOOL is an international educational system from the United Kingdom that provides world-class business education for children and teenagers aged 6–17. It teaches entrepreneurship, financial literacy, leadership, innovation, communication, project management and practical business thinking from an early age.