Although the halls and classrooms of IESE have become empty over the last month, and students have spread around all corners of the globe, the IESE spirit of service continues to live strong within its students, teachers and staff. Inspired by this vision, the Start-up and Entrepreneurship Club, looking out for its members and holding…
MBA Life
The Deaf Community, International Teams and Consulting for Startups – Learnings from the Roland Berger Case Competition
The Roland Berger Case Competition The task: to put together a go-to-market plan and presentation to launch Visualfy’s innovative products, Deaf Smart Space (DSS) Home and DSS Places. The challenge: to complete the task in ~30 hours and do it better than some of the top business schools in the world (Booth, CEIBS, ESADE, HKUST, IESE, INSEAD, LBS,…
The ongoing gender challenge
While few doubt the advantages of a diverse workplace, gender parity across organizations has proven stubbornly difficult to achieve, putting new demands on companies and their leaders to spearhead change. “You as a leader have to push the change. You have to role model the change,” said Sabine Mueller, CEO of DHL Consulting and a keynote speaker…
“It is very much about people,” IESE Business Spanish Program
The IESE Business Spanish Program (BSP) is a 12-module course that aims to help MBA students develop their ability to successfully interact in Spanish. “Absolute beginners and junior-level students develop their ability to communicate in basic every day challenges and interactions, while intermediate and higher-level students engage in increasingly challenging and complex professional situations and…
“What a roller coaster ride”, Term 1 at IESE
Tuesday 10th December: A chill breeze and overcast skies greet me in the usually sunny Barcelona as I step out of class. However, the gloomy weather couldn’t dampen our moods! First years had just successfully completed term 1 of the MBA program. As I joined the rest of my batchmates for celebratory drinks on the…
