A catalyst. A pivotal moment. A paradigm shift. Whatever you want to call it, 2020 has changed the game for how organizations around the world operate. While COVID-19 forced a sudden transition to remote work on a massive scale, the foundations for this transformation were laid over the last few years, with rapidly accelerating rates of digitization and cloud adoption. At Okta, we’ve given a lot of thought to this global shift to dynamic work. Flexible schedules and remote work environments make work personal—and possible—for distributed teams. Now, Gartner’s recent report on remote access concludes that the number of employees outside traditional office environments has grown significantly, and it’s projected that 20% to 30% of the workforce will remain remote for the long term. For the world’s largest organizations—whether in government, healthcare, financial services, education, or technology—this represents a huge opportunity to offer employees the freedom and flexibility.