Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

You know that today is Friday (Day of the Week motto: “what? don’t like my work? well then tell me to go home for the rest of the week, why doncha? yeah, I thought so…“). Consider Friday the zen-iest Day of the Work Week, no pressure because there is an end, not only to the Day, but the whole (Work) Week. Kinda gets you thinking, in a reflectionary way,…well, it does if you’re a clark ( or a post-coital scott….or a pre-prandial roger )

In any event, this has been a good and enjoyable week here at the Wakefield Doctrine. Good Questions, Comments and Discussions. I especially enjoyed the give and take on the Comment Threads… I found myself feeling like I did during the early years of writing this blog, seeing questions (that reminded me of how cool this here Doctrine can be) and writing answers (that let Readers know how fun the application of the principles of this personality theory can be). In fact, let me single out Val and Lisa for bringing up the 2 part question of ‘suppose a scott poses as a scott or a roger poses as a…’  (and) ‘all this is happening at the water cooler at work, with real people I know’. What was the most fun was being able to respond with, (my Reply, edited for the sake of length and a moment to reflect… the Wakefield Doctrine is, in fact, ‘an Open Book Exam’), the following:

water coolers and break rooms (aka a-modern-day Oasis’s in the desert….the-digital-watering holes in the jungle clearing…the-polar-bear-free ice floe in the polar oceans) are among the best of places to observe clarks, scotts and rogers. The reason they are there, (or at least one of the reasons they are), depends entirely on their predominant  worldview…

now, the ‘real’ people you work with and know quite well? Go ahead and stick their heads on the bodies of predators and Herd Members and Outsiders….you know, like leopards and lions, antelope and wildebeests, wombats and (I don’t know, some other odd marsupial)…. that is how we apply the Wakefield Doctrine when we’re in a practical mood!  lol… and the result is the Doctrine at it’s most useful and fun and totally self-regulating…

You might be asking, ‘what? use my imagination and picture people I know as animals as we all stand around the water cooler?!?! Is that what you’re suggesting??! What the hell kind of insightful and useful personalty-type system are you selling here?‘  Allow me one more ‘lol’… that is exactly what we are suggesting. But, wait! hear us out!!
One of the questions posed was ‘what if a scott posed as a roger or a roger posed as a clark or…’ a valid question. It is a good question, if for no other reason than the ‘answer’ provides an illustration of how self-correcting our little personality theory can be, meaning, without having to spend years studying this Doctrine, you can gain insights that are accurate and correct, even when there might be confusion as to a person’s dominant worldview! Now, lets get back to the water cooler at work, and our friends hanging out there.

Sure, among our friends and co-workers, we know some who are aggressive and (others) who prefer to follow the crowd etc… You also know what a lion/leopard/predator is like, how they behave in the wild. (The co-worker who you have pegged as a scott… how do they seem to be carrying it off? (you know, the ‘imagine them as animals at the water cooler, their faces/animal bodies’ exercise) I’ll wager that if they are not a scott… then, as you observe them as ‘the predator at the oasis’… you won’t be able to miss that it (this image) just doesn’t quite fit.  They don’t seem too…convincing (as king of the beasts). So, maybe you just need to put their face on a different animal, I don’t know… how about a howler monkey?

If you attempt this exercise, I will guarantee one thing: a) as of one of three types of animals, each person will totally nail the role, appear natural  and 2) you should try not to laugh too much, as you engage in our little experiment. I guarantee they will not be amused. Wait! I take that back!  (If they catch you doing this), the scotts will laugh along with you, the clarks will be impressed and, depending on your predominant world, might hope to become better friends and the rogers?… well, that will depend on your worldview entirely…. but that’s a whole Post in itself!

Thank you for the fun and insight, y’all