NWS.meme: The Compliance Maze — Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here

NWS.meme: The Compliance Maze — Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here

13 Aug 2025 in
Governance, Risk, Compliance

(You Thought You Knew the Rules?)

Some mazes test your sense of direction. Others test your memory and logic.
This one tests whether the rules you think you know are even the ones that apply.

In today’s world, compliance isn’t just written in policy documents — it’s coded into forms, APIs, and workflows. Sometimes, the path is blocked not by the law, but by the software enforcing it.

When did governance stop being about clarity — and start becoming a puzzle with invisible walls?

This tongue-in-cheek visual builds on yesterday’s article:
Shadow Compliance: When Software-Tools Enforce Rules No One Voted For

A reminder that some obstacles aren’t in the legislation — they’re in the program’s (anti)logic.

Are you mapping the way out for your clients and colleagues — or letting them get lost in the code maze?

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