Manel Estiarte

Former water polo player and member of Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff at Manchester City. He has been an Olympian on several occasions and was a member of the International Olympic Committee. He received the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports for his exemplary sporting career in 2001.

“We want them to be perfect. We want the leader to be a single person. Let’s let go of that. The leader should be an imperfect person, someone who shows their limitations, with their abilities, who knows how to surround themselves with good people.”

[…] “The most important thing of all is that [el líder] has a deep understanding of human nature: that they know how to harness their talent [de la persona] to put it at the service of the group.”

Ramon Besa

Journalist and professor of Journalism. Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia. Prizes include the City of Barcelona Award for journalism in 2000; the Quim Regàs Award for Journalism in 2008; and the Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Journalism Award in 2009.

“I’m concerned about the transmission of knowledge [entre generacions], which must be done through a certain kind of leadership. This leadership requires respecting the guiding thread: the values a person holds to convince others about how things should be done, how to live, how to process experiences. Today, since we don’t share common spaces as much and have developed an individualistic culture, we are losing part of this knowledge.”