For the fourth year, IESE Business School Career Services alongside Barcelona Activa gathered together local start-up companies with IESE MBA Students to create internship opportunities that will help start-ups boost their potential while giving students a valuable work experience. The event consists of a series of short pitches from companies (company introduction plus a description of…
The President of the University of Navarra, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, has appointed Franz Heukamp as the new Dean of IESE Business School. The decision was made following a three-month period, after considering the recommendations of the Advisory Search Committee comprised of members of IESE’s board, faculty, staff and prominent alumni. Franz Heukamp’s appointment will be effective…
While in the US, Vincent embarked on his own social mission, to create powerful messages of hope that could transform prisoners into the some of the most admirable people on the planet. He takes the stage at IESE Business School in Barcelona to tell a story about one of these prisoners, and how Vincent himself…
I recently participated in a Design Thinking bootcamp event organized by IESE’s Innovation & Design Club in conjunction with bootcamp leaders Paula Vega and Rocío García Ramos and our host company Ayre Hoteles Caspe. Over the course of two days, grouped into teams of four, participants sought solutions to Ayre’s Challenge Brief utilizing a design-thinking…
Recently, I started volunteering at Braval, a non-profit organisation established in the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona about 16 years ago. Its mission is to integrate youth from immigrant communities, and to impart values consistent with respect, integrity, service and conscientiousness. This gives the youth a means to establish a solid educational foundation, which translates into…