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Weapons of Mass Disruption

We live in a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous – where the only constant is change, complexity is growing, and all the ambiguity this creates is making us feel anxious and uncertain. The world is being disrupted over and over again, and the risks previously categorized as “unknown unknowns” have become commonplace. Everywhere we turn, Mount VUCA is in various stages of volcanic eruption. Join IQ4U’s Dr. Tamara Schwartz and her invited guests in this new podcast exploring the intersection of globalization, technology, business, ethics, and social change as we learn to live with Weapons of Mass Disruption.

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Weapons of Mass Disruption

The King Databases Disrupted! Enter the Queen of Instances

March 11, 2026 • Dr. Tamara Schwartz • Season 5 • Episode 2

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In Episode 2 of our AI series, Dr. Tamara Schwartz continues her conversation with Jena Jordahl, founder of InfiniteIQ, by exploring the intellectual lineage that shaped her thinking. Jena reflects on mentorship from some of the most influential minds in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, including 1973 Turing Award recipient Charlie Bachman, pioneer of memory-based reasoning David Walz, and Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon and his theory of satisficing, and others. Charlie once called Jena the “Queen of Instances,” recognizing her mastery of real-world case intelligence. Herbert Simon challenged her to search for similarity in points of view rather than differences. This episode connects those lessons to production analysis, showing how perspective, pattern recognition, and cognitive discipline shape trustworthy AI systems in a volatile world.