You are absolutely right: curiosity and a learner's mindset create new connections between people and ideas. IMHO, the main problem why our current society is so closed to other ideas and people is that the majority of humankind is either stuck in inherited cultural-religious practices, have not been educated to grow an open/curious mindset, or are overloaded with useless and manipulative information. Hence, they prefer to stick to their established way of life and mindset, instead of showing the "courage" and curiosity to seek the different. On the other hand, business processes and traditions (the structure) also have their merits in that they help to organize work in companies and structure the interactions in a society. So, i think that while curiosity and openness are indeed very important, no company or society can survive without a set of well established and proven business processes, laws, cultural traditions and rituals.