I love the ideas in this post Harold. Another thought along these lines: shifting power balances from men to women in the corporate world. If companies are really going to be run like communities (similar to the way Best Buy and Cisco are going), and if women have better foundational social skills on average than men, then maybe we'll see a reversal in the gender balance in management roles. Maybe a crazy thought, but a lot of research both recent and historical has shown that women, on average, are much better at stuff like empathy, socially networking, listening, discussion, sharing, asking for help... in other words, a lot of stuff that will make people successful in a community-driven workplace. So maybe they will have a bit of a leg up in this transition to a community-run workplace...