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Remote work's next chapter: Why effort no longer equals value | Liam Martin | Running Remote

Remote work has stabilised. The debate about where people work is settled. The harder question is what performance looks like when AI can produce a full presentation in 78 seconds. In this clip from Running Remote 2026, Liam Martin (Co-founder, Time Doctor) introduces the performance equation for the next decade of distributed work: decisions x quality, divided by time. When the cost of production collapses, human value becomes a function of judgment -- not hours logged or deliverables delivered. Judgment.

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.