As the article points out had you had such a policy 100 years ago we never would have heard of Chester Nimitz.
Of all wartime leaders I have read of, Chester Nimitz ranks right there at the top for me.
Apparently, one of his favorite sayings was “Every dog deserves a second bite” no doubt in homage to his acquittal in running his ship aground as a young officer.
Years later, while in command of a cruiser (USS Chicago maybe) he came in to the dock too fast and had to resort to backing the engines at full to avoid causing damage.
He turned to a young officer who was likely the OOD he relieved as they cam in, and quizzed him: “Okay, Lieutenant. What did I do wrong?”
The young Lieutenant gulped and said “You came in too fast...you didn’t judge the currents correctly, you didn’t have a detail to drop the anchor as an emergency (I don’t recall the verbatim answer) and so on.
When the young officer was done, Capt. Nimitz said “That’s right. Don’t forget any of those mistakes I made when it’s your turn.” (or something like that)
Gotta love a man who leads like that.