Whilst I don't disagree with the overarching premise -- and it's obviously a good one Harold -- I might take umbrage with one line in particular, "Managers in networks are called assistants." I'm not so certain about that. I think managers should continue to be interlocutors inside the organization, but the word I might describe them as going forward is 'facilitators' versus 'assistants'. I think there is some negative or at least a misguided connotation to the term assistant in corp land, hence my suggestion of 'facilitator'. Managers need to facilitate networks, bridges, conversations, input, etc. as opposed to merely assisting it. They are the opposite of my last name ... if you know your Latin. ;-)