Trust and credibility can be pretty tough to find, consistently, in many organizations; I'm glad you said progressive.

What I think is interesting in this era is that there's more trust and credibility in peoples' personal (first- and maybe second-degree) connections. Those attributes are what hold the networks together and keep them functioning.

There's a 'scalable" lesson in there somewhere, as well as an 'architectural' principle for larger organizations, as Dunbar's Number(s) come into play.