One carries one version of organizational memory, and when global situations appear,one has to be open to new ways of learning how best to negotiate one’s way successfully through the situation. Local and regionally-based organizational memory(policy and procedure)and one’s version of it may be of very limited application. Though stated for one,it applies equally well to collectives,that is,teams collaborating toward organizational change.This openness to different and unexplored answers to questions, solutions to problems,and views on issues,is one critical characteristic that allows open knowledge to emerge.