IF you can find a copy of his book it is well worth reading.

One thing that impressed me about him was that he was willing to admit he made mistakes. I have know some real Captains of Industry that would do anything necessary to wiggle out of something they fouled up. One of them even told me the way to get ahead was to deny any wrong and take credit for any good.

Norm was more into the 'Man up and admit it' thing even when he was the one that had to do the admitting. Nothing can be corrected until the facts are known, and telling a lie only holds back progress.

At BIG oil we never fired anyone for telling the truth. You could destroy millions of dollars worth of equipment, but as long as no one got killed all was forgiven. But if me or my accident reconstruction team found you had lied the higher ups would not forgive and you were banished from the scene.

Honesty is the best policy, and Norm preached that over and over again.