In reply to John Truty.

Thanks for your comment, John. I don't think that standard hierarchical organizations can easily develop learning networks, but I see hope in working models of democratic organizations that are highlighted by WorldBlu or other non-standard examples such as WL Gore and Semco SA. For now, this is notion reserved, in practice, for more knowledge-intensive and creative industries but I'm hopeful that we could see structural change in all sectors. The industrial model took a long time to become widely distributed, so I think we'll see uneven adoption of networked organizational models over the next decades. More organizations will have to face the fact that they are dealing with networked customers, suppliers and partners and will have to adapt.