Oh, how I WISH we could do this!

I suspect that you're right that those most hard-wired into industrial models will have the most difficulty making the switch. I also wonder if it isn't also connected to deeper, underlying beliefs that some nations hold.

I can only speak for the US, but certainly we have a very strong cultural belief that people are "independent" and "on their own" and I wonder if this doesn't interfere with our ability to even see ourselves as part of an interconnected network of people built on trust. It seems that part of the reason we've been so drawn as a culture to "command and control" is because we've encouraged this idea of the "independent maverick," that we, conversely, feel a need to "control" to get him to do the work we want. I wonder if cultures that are built more on a sense of community and interconnectedness will be more successful in making this leap?