One can argue, given the contemporary geopolitical global theater, open knowledge transcends national and continental boundaries. Such knowledge, as an emergent phenomenon, is destined to become a currency of immense value to learning organizations, as the peoples of the planet become one global society. With planetary globalization of many production processes, products and services in a consumer oriented global economy, the kind of knowledge required to manage the flows of human activity worldwide alters significantly what it means to be a learning organization. I shall take up the theme that the form of knowledge best suited to this endeavor is open knowledge.