Indeed. I think better word is "efficiency". It seems pretty clear that at least some things become more efficient some of the time when everyone is in the sam

Indeed. I think better word is "efficiency". It seems pretty clear that at least some things become more efficient some of the time when everyone is in the same place. The question of if that's a total net gain to the enterprise or not is probably pretty dependent on the actual task at hand (fewer efficiency gains for software companies, more for symphonies, etc) but that seems a better description of what's going on than a generic sense of "innovation".