Anita McGahan in conversation with Sarah Kaplan

July 11, 2024
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About the Guest


Interview Speaker

Sarah Kaplan

Distinguished Professor of Gender and the Economy and Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management

Sarah Kaplan is Distinguished Professor of Gender and the Economy and Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, where she founded the phenomenally successful Institute for Gender and the Economy. Her...

Reflections from the Interview


Anita starts off by asking Sarah about what kinds of transformation are possible through deep stakeholder engagement by companies. Sarah responds by talking about win-win opportunities (she recommends that you should take them when you can find them!). However, what almost immediately comes up in most situations is that you hit tradeoffs: between stakeholders; over time; between different types of goals. Stakeholder transformation is about breaking through these tradeoffs. She gives the example of a mining company entering into a...

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