And these are coming sooner rather than later. Real options is an investment analysis and valuation technique for things that are uncertain or flexible. Discounted cash flow analysis can't do this. This will be the way you will justify investments in agile machines, process, products, and strategies. Managing Strategic Investment in an Uncertain World , Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
Adaptability is simply agility spelled differently.
Trust development is becoming a critical competency as outsourcing increases and relationship development gains strategic importance. Learning is the core of knowledge management. Until the learning side of the KM issues are addressed not much of the technological solutions will be really effective. The question has been raised before, but the answers have not been sought. As competition moves to the Internet environment, effective forms of communication will eventually be sought in this new media.