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The Stakeholder Podcast aims to take stakeholder thinking to a broader audience. It's hosted by Ed Freeman, professor of business administration and "father" of stakeholder thinking and will feature a variety of guests. Stakeholder thinking about business

Ed Freeman


    • May 18, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 252 EPISODES


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    Eric Ries

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2026 56:30


    Featuring Eric Ries, an entrepreneur and the best selling author of  The Lean Startup, and forthcoming in May, Incorruptible: How Good Companies Go Bad, and How Great Companies Stay Great. (Recorded 4/21/26)

    Dart Lindsley and Eric Anicich

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2026 60:47


    Featuring Dart Lindsley, an HR professional and host of the Work for Humans podcast. Also Featuring Eric Anicich, Associate Professor of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. (Recorded 3/12/26)

    Danielle Krischik

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 52:36


    Featuring Danielle Krischik is a partner at the Knight Agency and the author of The Story Effect (Recorded 3/19/26)

    Asli Coplan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 48:22


    Featuring Professor Asli Coplan is Professor of Corporate Strategy at the Graduate School of Management and the Graduate School of Economics at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. (Recorded 2/19/26)

    Divya Singhal

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 45:19


    Featuring Divya Singhal, Professor and Chair of the Centre for Social Sensitivity and Action at the Goa Institute of Management in Goa, India. (Recorded 1/27/26)

    Kris Maynard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 52:55


    Featuring Kris Maynard, Executive Chairman of Cathedral Holdings and Co-Founder of Essential Ingredients.   (Recorded 1/28/26)

    Khalid Azim

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 58:07


    Featuring Khalid Azim, Director of the MENA Futures Lab at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, and a faculty member at the Columbia School of Professional Studies.   (Recorded 1/14/26)

    Jesse Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 56:17


    Featuring Dr. Jesse Taylor, Retired Professor of Philosophy at Appalachian State University.     (Recorded 12/16/25)

    Abby Fifer Mandell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 59:27


    Featuring Abby Fifer Mandell, Director of the Galant Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Senior Lecturer of Commerce at the McIntyre School at University of Virginia     (Recorded 12/10/25)

    Dr. Anna-Katrin Heydenreich

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 41:36


    Featuring Dr. Anna-Katrin Heydenreich, a Specialist in diversity and inclusion and climate psychology and a Lecturer at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.   (Recorded 11/13/25)  

    Doug Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 64:25


    Featuring Doug Thomas, Henry McWane Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director of the Sands Institute for Lifelong Learning at the Darden School, University of Virginia.   (Recorded 8/25/26)

    Feli Oikonomopoulou

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 55:45


    Featuring Feli Oikonomopoulou, Founder and CEO of WealthMeUp.    (Recorded 11/7/25)

    Joanna Reddick

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 58:05


    Featuring Joanna Reddick, a doctoral student in the Department of Management at the Terry College of Business at University of Georgia.   (Recorded 9/4/25)

    Judith Walls

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 51:29


    Featuring Judith Walls, a Full Professor of Sustainability Management at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. (Recorded 9/4/25)

    Ganesh Iyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 55:55


    Featuring Ganesh Iyer, President and CEO of Etnyre International a family owned company since 1898.   (Recorded 10/14/25)

    Jack Dwyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 58:08


    Featuring Jack Dwyer, co-founder and CEO of Vyra, an environmental education and skills platform.   (Recorded 6/24/25)    

    Christine Scheef

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 53:34


    Featuring Christine Scheef, Assistant Professor of Management with a focus on Family Business at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.   (Recorded 6/24/25)

    Rachel Brooks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 64:44


    Featuring Rachel Brooks, Head of Curriculum Development for Sustainability and Responsibility and Lecturer at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. (Recorded 6/17/25)

    Ted White

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 38:36


    Featuring Ted White, Founder and CEO of the FairBall Foundation and Vice President of Collegiate Paretnerships at Game Plan.   (Recorded 5/25/25)

    Genie Ko

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 45:15


    Featuring Genie Ko,  Head of Marketing at ACRE, changing the way we own our homes. (Recorded. 6/17/25)

    Maria Bowman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 45:41


    Featuring Maria Bowman, Director of Health Initiatives at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.   (Recorded 4/22/25)      

    Justin Masters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 49:08


    Featuring Justin Masters, Director of Enterprise Strategy Program Management at C. H. Robinson. (Recorded 2/6/25)

    Les Alexander

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 47:20


    Featuring Les Alexander, the John Glynn Endowed Professor and Professor of Practice at the Darden School  at University of Virginia. (Recorded 4/14/25) 

    Barbara Kephart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 46:49


    Featuring Barbara Kephart, the Founder and Chief Project Officer at Projects Pivot, a company that provides advice and guidance to help companies get projects done.     (Recorded 3/27/25)  

    Jim Detert

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:42


    Featuring Jim Detert, the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School, University of Virginia.   (Recorded 4/8/25)    

    Jack Haffey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 55:00


    Featuring Jack Haffey, a retired executive, formerly COO and Interim President of Montana Power Company, and a two term Montana state senator.       (Recorded 4/22/25)

    Ayana Younge

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 59:34


    Featuring Ayana Younge, Assistant Professor in the Leadership and Organization Behavior Area, at the Darden School, University of Virginia. (Recorded 3/25/25)      

    Roger Hunt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 47:49


    Featuring Roger Hunt, a free thinking entrepreneur who has studied philosophy, management, and artificial intelligence.  (Recorded 2/26/25)

    Yo-Jud Cheng

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 57:04


    Featuring Yo-Jud Cheng, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of University of Virginia, specializing in corporate governance. (Recorded 2/13/25)

    Melanie Prenger

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 57:53


    Featuring Professor Melanie Prenger, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School, U. VA. and specializes in Leadership and Change. (Recorded 2/11/25)

    Dwai Roy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 51:27


    Featuring Dwai Roy, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School and an expert on Supply Chain Diversity.       (Recorded 1/14/25)

    Carrie White

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 52:46


    Featuring Carrie White, Vice President for Athlete Development and Engagement at the US Olympic and Paraolympic Committee.   (Recorded 1/7/25)    

    Marc Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 56:21


    Featuring Marc Johnson, Senior Associate Dean, Student Engagement, and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at the Darden School at University of Virginia.     (Recorded 12/20/24)

    Jim Zuffeletti

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 56:51


    Featuring Jim Zuffeletti, a serial entrepreneur, teaches entrepreneurship at Darden, and is Executive Director of the Society for Effectual Action.   (Recorded 12/16/24)  

    Jill Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 60:29


    Featuring Jill Brown, Hieken Professor of Business Ethics and Professor of Management at Bentley University. (Recorded 12/19/24)

    Raj Venkatesan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 52:14


    Featuring Raj Venkatesan, Ronald Trzcinski Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director of the Lacrosse Institute for Ethical AI at the Darden School, University of Virginia. (Recorded 11/05/24)

    Cristina Neesham

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 50:05


    Featuring Cristina Neesham, Professor and Associate Dean for Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability at New Castle University Business School in the United Kingdom. (Recorded 11/05/24)

    Serena Hagerty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 57:22


    Featuring Serena Hagerty, Assistant Professor of Business at the Darden School, University of Virginia, in the Marketing Area, working on issues of inequality. (Recorded 11/4/24)

    Kate Byrne

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 66:27


    Featuring Kate Byrne, Co Founder of Kate Byrne.co and is a thought leader in digital media and social impact.     (Recorded 11/01/24)  

    Post US Election Stakeholder Discussion with Greg Shea

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 59:18


    Featuring Greg Shea, Adjunct Professor of Management at the Wharton School and the Aresty Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.  He is founder and President of Shea & Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm. (Recorded 11/15/24)

    Wim Vandekerckhove

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 61:07


    Featuring Wim Vandekerckhove, Professor of Business Ethics at EDHEC Business School in France. (Recorded 10/29/24)

    James French

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 48:15


    Featuring James French, the founder of Brownland Leadership Solutions and the Montpelier Descendents Committee. (Recorded 10/29/24)

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    Himanshu Warden

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 57:55


    Featuring Himanshu Warden, Founder and CEO of Thevasa, an Indian fashion company. (Recorded 10/3/24)

    Karen Sammon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 58:00


    Karen Sammon, CEO of Conscious Capitalism Inc, an organization dedicated to the core belief that business is good, ethical, noble and heroic. (Recorded 10/3/24)

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    Fred Jewell and Tracy Reznick

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 47:34


    Featuring Fred Jewell, Senior Strategic Advisor and Executive Director, and Tracy Reznick,  Director, at Jabian Consulting.   (Recorded 7/18/24)

    Dr. Kent Locklear

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 56:46


    Featuring Dr. Kent Locklear, Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer at Cape Fear Clinic in Wilmington North Carolina. (Recorded 9/6/24)

    Rodolphe Durand

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 58:05


    Featuring Rodolphe Durand, Joly Family Purposeful Leadership Chair and the Founder and Academic Director of the Society and Organization Institute at HEC Paris. (Recorded 9/3/24)

    Dr. Paul Matherne

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 60:42


    Featuring Dr. Paul Matherne, Professor Practice at the Darden School, and Professor Emeritus at the UVA School of Medicine.   (Recorded 8/28/24)  

    Rupert Younger

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 61:14


    Featuring Rupert Younger, Founder and Director of the Oxford Center for Corporate Responsibility and Chair of the Enacting Purpose Initiative at University of Oxford.   (Recorded 8/15/24)

    Julie Caruccio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 58:18


    Featuring Julie Caruccio, Assistant Vice President for Research on the Student Experience at University of Virginia.     (Recorded 8/27/24)

    Tom Mcdougall

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 52:33


    Featuring Tom Mcdougall, founder and CEO of 4PFoods.   (Recorded 7/30/24)

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