901 Advizers
Iñigo
Associate Professor
IESE Business School
University of Barcelona, 2002
MBA, IESE Business School; PhD Anderson UCLA
UCLA Anderson
Q1Career path
Career Exploration
Management Consulting
Higher Education
1:59
"I was exposed to different projects in different industries with different themes, or big questions."
Q2Main responsibilities
Teaching
Research
Higher Education
1:03
"I have two hats that the school expects from all of us: one is the teaching hat and the other one is a research hat."
Q3Day in the life
Teaching
Research
Consulting
1:39
"A typical week has a little bit of those three things: teaching, research, and advising or consulting."
Q4Most important skills - role
Teaching
Communication
Conceptualization
2:29
"research focus...you need long numbers of hours and strong concentration"
Q5Favorite parts - role
Academic Research
Higher Education
Business Consulting
1:00
"the moment you see the participants in the program kind of clicking with it. It makes you I think it it really it's a special moment."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Project Management
Time Management
Research
0:55
"I find it very challenging to balance the research aspect of our career as professors. I find it hard to block [out distractions] and to be able to stay on top of the projects, even after 10 years."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Marketing
Academia
Education
1:45
"I like the interaction in the classroom and the chance to be exposed to so many people from so many backgrounds and industries."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Problem-Solving
Communication
Research
1:45
"To thrive as a professor means being a good teacher and researcher; polishing those two skills."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Academia
Higher Education
Professional Development
1:45
"Something about the politics of academic institutions. I didn't really understand what he meant. But I should have listened."
Q10Entry-level positions
Research Assistant
Academic Research
Higher Education
1:16
"Just talk to people who are in PHD programs talk to people who just graduated in our assistant professor or associate professors and just learn from their experiences and decide by yourself."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Leadership
Communication
Project Management
1:23
"The capacity of just finishing things. ... do not have too many things open at the same time and being able to finish things."
Q12College ideas for success
Career Exploration
Responsibility
Job Search
0:55
"just being exposed to different things working on different job seeking if small and simple"
Q13How identity impacted career
Ethics
Leadership
Business
1:06
"the responsibility that managers and businesses have in society to really impact it for the better"

