50th ABS Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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3:30pm EDT

Learning as a Core Capability for Enduring Businesses

Saturday August 8, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Why do some businesses rise spectacularly, only to collapse under the weight of their own success, while others endure? In an era defined by data and analytics, even the most information-rich enterprises struggle to respond when signals from society challenge their definitions of success. This interactive session explores how narrow definitions of value and the absence of effective learning systems constrain organizational progress. Drawing on Bahá’í principles such as humility, consultation, and collective responsibility, participants will engage a framework for learning that enables organizations to endure and contribute to the advancement of material and spiritual civilization. Participants will be encouraged to carry this inquiry into ongoing discourses on business, technology, and civilization.

Speakers

Shadi Davari

Shadi Davari is a software engineer in the finance industry and a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with a second major in Economics. Guided by Bahá’í values and her experience as the only woman in many... Read More →

Saturday August 8, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
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Business, Breakout

50th ABS Annual Conference

3:30pm EDT

Shadi Davari

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