I also just wanted to highlight two things. Not only did he create a highly safety conscious organization but an incredibly technologically innovative one that was born despite huge resistance from the US Navy. Think about trying not only to build a small nuclear reactor, something that had never been done before, but one that could be put on a submarine. Not an easy technical goal. And on top of that, aiming to complete this task in the face of resistance from the highest levels of the organization he made his life, including efforts to get rid of him entirely. He wasn't perfect but what he achieved quite alot. Definitely worth reading more up on particularly if you work more in the mechanical engineering world.
Second set of Rickover 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 comes and take problems to a level high enough to fix those problems.
Rule 4: You must have a healthy respect for the dangers and risks of your particular job.
Rule 5: Training must be constant and rigorous.
Rule 6: All the functions of repair, quality control, and technical support must fit together.
Rule 7: The organization and members thereof must have the ability and willingness to learn from mistakes of the past.
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I also just wanted to highlight two things. Not only did he create a highly safety conscious organization but an incredibly technologically innovative one that was born despite huge resistance from the US Navy. Think about trying not only to build a small nuclear reactor, something that had never been done before, but one that could be put on a submarine. Not an easy technical goal. And on top of that, aiming to complete this task in the face of resistance from the highest levels of the organization he made his life, including efforts to get rid of him entirely. He wasn't perfect but what he achieved quite alot. Definitely worth reading more up on particularly if you work more in the mechanical engineering world.
Second set of Rickover 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 comes and take problems to a level high enough to fix those problems.
Rule 4: You must have a healthy respect for the dangers and risks of your particular job.
Rule 5: Training must be constant and rigorous.
Rule 6: All the functions of repair, quality control, and technical support must fit together.
Rule 7: The organization and members thereof must have the ability and willingness to learn from mistakes of the past.