This article seems to miss the entire point of alignment: getting everyone to agree on what to work on. Thus, without alignment, your organization might be ver

This article seems to miss the entire point of alignment: getting everyone to agree on what to work on. Thus, without alignment, your organization might be very productive... but at the wrong things. Which, at its extreme, is essentially the same as 0 productivity. Thus, while yes, increased communications overhead does detract from productivity in the abstract, the real question is: does it detract from productivity on the things the organization should be working on?