During Pamplona Week, we had the opportunity to hear from Antonio Moreno, Dean the School Economics at the University of Navarra, who shared his vision about his academic career, university leadership, and the true purpose the institution.

Antonio began his career as an academic, driven by his passion for Economics explaining things to others. After a stint in business, he returned to the university in 2003, combining teaching research important work such as his programs of study inflation in the US until, unexpectedly, he took on the challenge becoming Dean. This role was very different from that of professor: more responsibility, more exhibition criticism, and, above all, a much broader view of the organization.

Some core topic ideas core topic left us core topic :

• Being a professor is not the same as being Dean a School managing people, listening, making strategic decisions, and surrounding yourself with a solid team that contributes and questions. Trust, constant communication, and closeness are essential.
• The University of Navarra: an institution with purpose of Opus Dei, UNAV sees the university as a means of helping people achieve sanctity through work. work done work , lived with meaning, is a path to staff social improvement. The School Economics, founded in 1987, is part of this project.
• School key enablers. The UNAV brand, an campus and interdisciplinary campus , a powerful network , the campus , the partnership IESE, the network of universities, the research centers research the commitment to innovation (now closely linked to artificial intelligence) are core topic pillars core topic fulfilling its mission statement.

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From the relationship with the Office of the Executive Council the board , to attracting professors who are professionally and personally aligned, accessibility to students and teachers, active listening, innovation, constant communication, and a clear strategic plan.

Education is not just about awarding a degree scroll, but helping students discover their vocation, understand the impact of their work realize that leading from within the business also a way of serving.

Antonio concluded with a powerful idea: when an institution's transcendent purpose aligns with people's work , everything makes sense. Consistency, attention , and purpose are the true drivers of an organization that wants to transform society.