How do you pick a topic that is broad and generic, yet personally meaningful to yourself and others? This question floated through my mind often around this time last year, soon after taking on the role as organizer of TEDxIESEBarcelona. I had taken the reigns from a fantastic team that had put together a virtual…
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“Sometimes you have to pivot”, How an MBA can help entrepreneurs
The roller-coaster The widening skills gap is an increasingly problematic reality facing many industries and businesses. Back in 2016 following my undergraduate studies, I set out to address a particular issue relating to STEM education and coding. My extensive research showed that coding was largely outside the school curriculum and not widely taught in schools,…
IESE’s 2nd Business in Emerging Markets Conference
Emerging Markets (“EM” / “EMs”) have a very important representation within MBA class as a significant proportion of students are from these regions. Hence, it was about time to bring back a space to share, reflect, and learn about the challenges and unique opportunities that are prevailing in the respective EM regions as of late….
MBA Sports Summit: Trends & Sustainability, Fan Engagement & Innovation.
On 8th March 2022, IESE Business School co-organized the MBA Sports Summit with ESADE Business School at ESADE Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain. Both MBA Sports & Media Clubs from the respective schools worked together to bring top-notch speakers from the sports scene to discuss the latest sports trends, sustainability in the sports industry, partnerships, fan…
The Nairobi Overseas Module – a lesson in both business and culture
‘Did you get it? Did you get it?’ Those were the cries I could hear as I sat amongst my classmates on a cold, wet November morning on a boat down a river in Valencia as 15 pairs of eyes looked down on their phones to find out one of the most important pieces of…