ADMIRAL RICKOVER QUOTES Every month, we will add an additional Admiral Rickover quote to this article until we run out of Rickover quotes. Rickover Quote 11 Rickover’s advice about Nuclear Power School… At this school, the smartest work as hardas those who must struggle to pass.Admiral Hyman Rickover Rickover Quote 10 In Greek mythology, Antaeus […]
Read MoreRickover’s Interviews of Midshipmen Rickover talking about his famous candidate interviews … Mark Paradies Was Interviewed by Rickover and Shares His Experience Mark Paradies was interviewed by Admiral Rickover and served on two nuclear-powered ships. You can hear his story at the 2023 Global TapRooT® Summit being held on April 24-26 at the Margaritaville Lake […]
Read MoreRickover’s 7 Rules… Rule 1 You must have a rising standard of quality over time,and well beyond what is required by any minimum standard. Rule 2 People running complex systems should be highly capable. Rule 3 Supervisors have to face bad news when it comesand take problems to a level high enough to fix those […]
Read MoreRickover – Normalization of Deviation / Normalization of Excellence This is the key to the series on preventing the “normalization of deviation” with the “normalization of excellence.” Read about Admiral Rickover’s successful efforts to establish the first high-reliability organization and how you can use the same philosophy to improve your process safety program. What is […]
Read MoreI found an interesting documentary about Admiral Rickover. As a Navy Nuke, I can say that although it is a dramatic re-enactment, it holds to reality pretty well. Being away from the Nuke Navy so long, it is easy to forget how demanding the standards were and how long the hours were. This movie brought […]
Read MoreResults are the best measure of performance. Sixty years of running multiple (sometimes over 100) reactors and having no nuclear accidents is an amazing accomplishment. To have the record continue over thirty years AFTER you leave the organization is even a bigger testimony to your legacy. That is what Admiral Hyman Rickover accomplished. How did […]
Read MoreThe 18 Remaining Elements of Rickover’s Philosophy The previous three articles discuss Rickover’s “key elements” to achieving safety in the Navy’s nuclear program. They are: Technical Competence Total Responsibility Facing the Facts In addition to these three keys that Rickover testified to Congress about, he had 18 other elements that he said were also indispensable. […]
Read MoreThird Part of Rickover’s Philosophy – Facing the Facts In the past two weeks, we’ve discussed two of the “essential” (Rickover’s word) elements for reactor (process) safety excellence … Technical Competence Responsibility This week we will discuss the third, and perhaps most important, essential element: FACING THE FACTS What is facing the facts? Here are […]
Read MoreThe Next Step After Technical Competency – Responsibility For the previous article, see: The second of the “essential” elements for excellence described by Rickover is RESPONSIBILITY. You probably think you know what this means. You probably think that this is something your company already emphasizes. But read on and you will discover that it may […]
Read MoreNo Simple Answer If you read last week’s article about stopping the normalization of deviation with the normalization of excellence, you are ready to start learning to apply Rickover’s philosophies of excellence to achieve amazing performance. In his testimony to Congress, he starts out explaining the nuclear program and the success that has been achieved […]
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