Santiago Iñiguez – Sometimes Your Worst Investment Can Bring You the Most Joy

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/siniguez/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño</strong></a> is the President of IE University and a recognized influencer in global higher education. Iñiguez is also the Vice-Chairman of<a href="https://www.headspringexecutive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Headspring</a>, a company owned by the Financial Times and IE Business School, providing custom education programs for companies worldwide.</p><p>Iñiguez is the former Dean of IE Business School and has played a leading role in business education. He was portrayed by the Financial Times as “one of the most significant figures in promoting European business schools internationally.” He was the first European appointed as “Dean of the Year” by Poets &amp; Quants (2017).</p><p>He is the author of “<a href="https://thelearningcurvebook.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Learning Curve: How Business Schools Are Reinventing Education</a>” (2011), “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cosmopolitan-Managers-Executive-Development-Publishing/dp/1137549076" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cosmopolitan Managers: Executive Education That Works</a>” (2016), and “In An Ideal Business:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Business-Philosophers-Workplace-Publishing/dp/3030363783" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> How the Ideas of 10 Female Philosophers bring Values, Meaning, and Innovation to the Workplace</a>” (2020), as well as co-editor of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Business-Despite-Borders-Companies-Anti-Globalization/dp/3319763059" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Business Despite Borders: Companies in the Age of Populist Anti-Globalization</a>” (2018), all published by Palgrave Macmillan.</p><p>Iñiguez is a regular speaker at international conferences and frequently contributes to different journals and media on higher education and executive development. He is one of the 500 Global LinkedIn Influencers.</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</st