Working Together Despite Disagreement

zhǔnbèi准备shèqū社区huódong活动shí时，wǒ我hé和tóngshì同事duì对xuānchuán宣传fāngshì方式chǎnshēng产生le了fēnqí分歧。

While preparing a community event, a colleague and I disagreed about how to promote it.

wǒ我xiǎng想bǎ把yùsuàn预算yòng用zài在wǎngluò网络xuānchuán宣传shàng上，tā他zé则rènwéi认为yīnggāi应该yìn印yīxiē一些zhǐ纸zhì质hǎibào海报。

I wanted to spend the budget on online promotion, while he thought we should print posters.

tǎolùn讨论le了bàn半xiǎoshí小时，wǒmen我们réngrán仍然zhǐshì只是zài在chóngfù重复gèzì各自de的lǐyóu理由。

After half an hour, we were still repeating our own arguments.

fùzérén负责人méiyou没有lìjí立即pànduàn判断shéi谁duì对，érshì而是qǐng请wǒmen我们shuōmíng说明zuì最dānxīn担心de的wèntí问题。

Instead of deciding who was right immediately, the coordinator asked us to explain our main concerns.

wǒ我dānxīn担心huódong活动xìnxī信息chuánbō传播de得bùgòu不够kuài快。

I was worried that information about the event would not spread quickly enough.

tóngshì同事dānxīn担心bù不cháng常shàngwǎng上网de的jūmín居民bèi被páichú排除zài在wài外。

My colleague was worried that residents who rarely went online would be left out.

tīng听wán完yǐhòu以后，wǒ我fāxiàn发现wǒmen我们qíshí其实dōu都xīwàng希望gèng更duō多rén人yǒujī有机huì会cānjiā参加。

After hearing him, I realised that we both wanted more people to have a chance to participate.

mùbiāo目标xiāngtóng相同，chābié差别zhǐ只zàiyú在于gèzì各自kànjian看见le了bùtóng不同de的zhàngài障碍。

We shared a goal; we had simply noticed different obstacles.

zuìhòu最后，wǒmen我们bǎ把zhǔyào主要xìnxī信息fā发dào到wǎngshàng网上，tóngshí同时zài在jǐ几gè个gōnggòngchǎngsuǒ公共场所zhāngtiē张贴hǎibào海报。

In the end, we posted the main information online and put up posters in several public places.

bàomíng报名shí时，wǒmen我们zēngjiā增加le了yī一gè个wèntí问题，xúnwèn询问cānjiā参加zhě者cóng从nǎli哪里zhīdao知道huódong活动。

On the registration form, we added a question asking how participants had heard about the event.

zhèxiē这些fǎnkuì反馈kěyǐ可以bāngzhù帮助wǒmen我们ānpái安排xiàcì下次de的yùsuàn预算。

This feedback could help us plan the next budget.

hézuò合作bìng并bùyào不要qiú求měi每gèrén个人yī一kāishǐ开始jiù就tóngyì同意tóngyī同一zhǒng种fāngàn方案，dàn但xūyào需要bǎ把fēnqí分歧biànchéng变成kěyǐ可以tǎolùn讨论hé和yànzhèng验证de的wèntí问题。

Cooperation does not require everyone to agree on the same solution from the start, but it does require turning disagreements into questions that can be discussed and checked.