Collaboration Rules

I read an interesting article, Collaboration Rules in Harvard Business Review that draws parellel between collaboration techniques of open-source software development and Toyota production. Philip Evan and Bob Wolf authored the article, and they brought up very interesting similarities found in collaborative efforts, irrespective of their domain.

Building vibrant human networks has always been my dream. A network that is self-organized, completely sold-out to do something that they have passion in, and enjoy success as a group. I agree with the authors that three things are critical factors of success for these groups;
a) a common work descipline,
b) widespread granular communication and
c) leaders-by-example as connectors.

What strikes me the most in the article is the level of trust these teams share. It is surprising for me to learn that when a fire broke out in the factory of a supplier of components (of Toyota), they trusted their rival suppliers with critical blue prints (to make sure Toyota does not suffer because of the accident). And yes, this is the same kind of trust shared by open-source community, too.

What if we, in the regular software development industry, can build the same amount of trust in our teams? Wouldn't that radically improve productivity of the individuals and the teams? Shouldn't that be THE natural way to build the teams? How do we achieve this?