Learning to Lead at The Edge 181 Find an Environment That Supports Learning If you want to develop the ability to lead at The Edge, then find an or- ganization that promotes good leadership. Robert Scott learned to be a leader at Dartmouth, where he received the best education the Royal Navy could provide. He later honed his skills by observing naval leaders firsthand, drawing his own conclusions about what it meant to be a leader. As I have noted earlier, however, the Royal Navy of the time was a flawed institution, still basking in the glow of Horatio Nelson's past vic- tories. Only such a navy would be content with muzzle-loading weapons while others had adopted the cutting-edge technology of breech-loaded guns.A complacent organization will produce complacent leaders. The Royal Navy of the 1880s is ancient history, but what strikes closer to home are modern examples of complacency and inadequate leadership. David Nadler, in his provocative book Champions of Change, re- counts the eighteen months during 1992 and 1993 in which the CEOs of more than a dozen companies were forced to leave their jobs. Some of