One of the hottest topics for leading thinkers on work and well-being is flexible and remote working. Five years ago it seemed like the future - organisations adopting new technologies to enable employees to work from home, on the commute, and not have a traditional space termed the office. The flexible working debate has changed in the past 12 months however, and the victory of new technologies for remote working is no longer the expected fait accompli that it has been. Suprisingly, the businesses leading the change of heart on the future of the workplace have been technology firms - with Yahoo, and most recently Hewlett Packard 'banning' their employees from home working.