Name: Yanyan Yue Year of Graduation: 2018 Nationality: China Country of Residence: Switzerland Current Employer: Novartis My story I grew up in a small village in China. Before going to university, the farthest place I went to was the center of the town that I lived, around 20km from my home. Most people…
iese class of 2018
TEDxIESEBarcelona 2018: Weaving the Path
The first TEDxIESEBarcelona was launched three years ago, a student run event born out of the desire to discover ideas with “Hidden Potential” by Ziad Moubarak, Rodrigo Diaz Mendez, and Rashid Idaiatov (MBA Class of 2016) along with other motivated MBA students from both Classes of 2016 and 2017. The event provided a platform for…
What I really learned at business school
I was lucky enough to spend the 19 months up to May 2018 studying in the full-time MBA program at IESE Business School. After 400+ case discussions, I should have all the technical tools I need to help lead organisations through a wide range of challenging situations. This is great, and was one of the…
From Engineer to Strategy Consultant
It was exactly two years ago when I was hustling through the business school application process, introspecting deeply to identify exactly what makes me an ideal candidate for a world’s leading MBA program, trying to figure out the best stories for my essays and speaking to alumni and students of the MBA schools I was…
What I learnt in the Student Council
They say learning happens in the classroom. IESE MBA’s case method validates this. However my greatest learning happened outside the classroom, being a part of the Student Council (SC). Every year, two MBA students are elected from each of the five sections to represent their Class and act as the intermediary between the student body…