The Open Company Test

Nolen has an interesting test for an 'Open' IT Company. 'Open' (things that everybody can access and no one can monpolise) is all the rage right now.

And why wouldn't it be, given it's excellent trackrecord thus far (Wikipedia, blogs, MySpace, need I say more?). If it wasn't something so norm-bustingly radical, 'openness' would be a corporate tablestake by now with corporates taking openness as a given and looking for the next big thing.

Question: could this test be expanded to blue collar industries?