I understand, Leigh.  I can see why you would long for the barn-raising experience in corporate america (I keep it lower-case to be subversive ;)

There's an incredible story about what it took to get all of the planes out of the sky on 9/11, after the attacks.  There was no procedure for that.  It took everyone, everywhere in North America, coming together to do what they knew needed to be done.  People made it happen in just a few hours.  Truly a feat.  I think it is in a Malcolm Gladwell book.  I'm sorry I can't remember which one.  Just thinking of the story gives me chills.

Yes, companies could learn from all of this.  It also occurs to me one thing that is required is a collapse of egos.