Title: Ways of Working and Working Agreements: what they are, why they matter, and how to tell them apart
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Description: There is a common problem in teams and organisations that is rarely explained with enough clarity: people often talk about improving the way they work, but they do not always mean the same thing.
Open Graph Description: There is a common problem in teams and organisations that is rarely explained with enough clarity: people often talk about improving the way they work, but they do not always mean the same thing.
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