Although many hours were spent after school lounging on an olive-green shag rug watching Star Trek with my brother, I am not a Trekkie. Spock, with his elf-like ears, produced data and facts like modern business intelligence machines do today. Captain Kirk processed the data, facts, and information from the crew to build strategies for defense, attack, and survival, depending on the episode’s adventure.
“Sometimes a feeling is all humans have to go on."
- Captain Kirk
He had a way to merge data with his experiences, his intelligence, and the emotions of the situation to see into the gaps, understand risks, and look beyond what was right in front of him. He was the television portrayal of insight.
