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Sarah Kaplan

Sarah Kaplan helps organizations turn gender equality and sustainability into innovation opportunities. She directs the Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman School of Management, advises Fortune 500 companies, and authored bestselling books including Creative Destruction and The 360° Corporation.
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  • Professor reframing social challenges as business innovation
  • Director of Institute for Gender and the Economy
  • Author of bestselling book Creative Destruction
Sarah Kaplan is a professor and author who reframes social challenges like gender equality and environmental responsibility as innovation opportunities for business leaders. She directs the Institute for Gender and the Economy at the Rotman School of Management and previously taught at the Wharton School. Her books include the bestselling Creative Destruction and The 360° Corporation, which examines how companies like Nike and Walmart profit while contributing to society. Sarah draws on nearly a decade at McKinsey & Company and research spanning biotechnology, financial services, and gender and finance. She translates this breadth into a practical framework that helps leaders treat social issues not as obligations but as strategic investments. Her approach gives organizations tools to capture value from the trade-offs they already face daily, turning corporate responsibility into a source of creativity and resilience. Audiences leave her sessions with a clear method for repositioning social challenges as innovation problems, concrete examples of how major corporations have profited by embracing broader purpose, and strategies for building organizational resilience through inclusive thinking. Dave Stangis, VP of Corporate Responsibility at Campbell Soup Company, called her work "a cogent guidebook to help turn these events into strategic opportunities." Book Sarah Kaplan to give your audience a rigorous, actionable plan for turning purpose into competitive advantage.

Why we recommend booking Sarah

Sarah brings McKinsey rigor and Rotman research depth to reframe gender equity and sustainability as innovation engines rather than compliance boxes. Her work with Fortune 500s like Nike and Walmart demonstrates how inclusive strategy builds resilience and unlocks growth that traditional approaches miss. Expect a practical framework your leadership team can deploy immediately to turn social complexity into competitive positioning.

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What topics does Sarah Kaplan specialise in?
Sarah Kaplan specialises in discussing corporate social responsibility, innovation and strategic change, gender equality in business and more.
What is Sarah Kaplan's speaking style like?
Previous bookers say Sarah Kaplan connects well with audiences and speaks with clarity, confidence, and ease.
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