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I think that unspoken idea in the book is that people in corporations work half of the time they spend there to do useful things and the other half they just sit or walk around, suffering, bored out of their minds. I think the author just sees opportunity in providing them with something exciting to do during that time.

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Yes, you could argue that in a hierarchy 50% of your time is spent with superfluous activity, like useless reports, endless meetings, and that you don't spend energy there … which you can put to good use within the network.

But this is a fallacy: if the hierarchy is your default you will never achieve your full potential working in a network organization.

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