Everyone's looking for "the answer" but reality is that you often do different types of work at different times, and different work styles suit them. If you're

Everyone's looking for "the answer" but reality is that you often do different types of work at different times, and different work styles suit them. If you're identifying/brainstorming a problem, I find that in-person is typically superior... this tends to be longer form, and includes more discussion (which is a bit tougher to manage remotely)... but when you're actually working on it, I could not care less about where the team is.