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Trekking Through Compliance: Episode 69 – Whom Gods Destroy

 

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Whom Gods Destroy, which aired on January 3, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5718.3

Kirk and Spock are on a medical mission to deliver sanity-saving drugs to an institute for the incorrigibly criminally insane. An inmate is a former commander. He is also a homicidal master strategist. As a former Starship commander, he takes over the asylum and then turns his attention to taking over the Enterprise. Can Kirk and Spock defeat him? How can they defeat him?

Compliance Takeaways:

1.     Do you have audit rights, and do you exercise them?

2.     High risk does not mean you cannot move forward; you must have a robust risk management strategy.

3.     Do you go with facts or your gut in decision-making?

Resources

Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein

MissionLogPodcast.com

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