I have mixed thoughts on this one...
On the one hand, I've read some very inaccessible academic literature in my day, in which the author demonstrates their ability to disengage even the most engaged of readers, and have wondered to myself whether the author even wants readers to understand them, or whether they think it's cool to be obfuscatory. I've also come across articles in which the author is very much able to take complex ideas, and present them in a clear and engaging manner. All this, however, is more in reference to making research accessible to people within one's own field, as opposed to the broader population.
On the other hand, I do wonder whether part of this 'make academics less academic' idea comes from the 'wiki-ization' of knowledge, with the expectation that journal articles should be written at a level understandable to the typical internet user, commensurate with their attention spans. And along those lines, I would disagree with the premise that academics are being too academic (except for those really academic ones). The reality, is that if we expect undergraduates to at least have read the intro and some second-year texts for whatever major they're in, and that academics bring a sophisticated level of nuance, thought, and complexity their ideas, then why should we expect academic publications to be written at a sub-intro-text level?
Having said that, I do agree with the above commenters that there is definitely a role for Knowledge Exchange folks in distilling and making accessible primary source results, and in bridging disparate silos. There are many books, websites, magazine articles, evidence briefs, research report roundups, etc out there, where this distillation and accessibility have taken place, to the benefit of the end-user. As the importance of utilizing evidence in practice increases, these roles will become ever more essential.
I also think that part of the solution can be [insert flying pig here] to change the incentive for academic success from the sheer number of publications, to the overall quality of one's work. But that's a delusion for another day.