In this interview, Sara Sanford shares how gender equitable workplaces are associated with better business performance, how challenges are being faced, and explores how some workplaces are overcoming these to achieve better results. See how addressing gender equity can be done through specific actions that don't entail enormous changes, and which deserve the attention paid to other critical business functions. Her talk: 'How to design gender bias out of your workplace' can be seen at: https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_sanford_how_to_design_gender_bias_out_of_your_workplace?language=en . This is part 1 of a 2 part interview held on July 21, 2020, with host Phil Klein.