Remote work's second wave is here. And it's not about location.
AI is absorbing the parts of your team’s work that used to prove someone was doing their job. If you manage a distributed team, that leaves a real question: what do you actually measure now, and how do you know it’s true? The location debate is already settled. US remote work has held steady at around 27% of the workforce for three years running, according to figures Liam Martin, co-founder of Time Doctor, cited in his opening keynote at Running Remote 2026.