I work in a "you scratch my back, and I'll stab yours" kind of a place.
An organization's intelligence is distributed to the point of being ubiquitous.
Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.
The very long tail of the future is already here.
In the context of your dreams,knowledge will always gives you enough reasons not to act. Act regardless and execute xceptionally
But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions.