I couldn't make it past the first page of the article because I felt it was veering too much into the territory of "I have an axe to grind, and I'm looking for anecdotes to support it." My two sentence take:
1. In my experience, private space and time is necessary for individuals to get real work done.
2. In my experience, small, focused teams which have as-needed discussions and well-partitioned responsibilities are massively more productive than individuals when it comes to solving large problems.
I felt he was confusing my two points, and it got frustrating. Collaboration does not imply literally working with those people in the room all the time.
1. In my experience, private space and time is necessary for individuals to get real work done.
2. In my experience, small, focused teams which have as-needed discussions and well-partitioned responsibilities are massively more productive than individuals when it comes to solving large problems.