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

A qucik post this morning.

(Being Wednesday, we’re putting the finishing patches on our contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop. The doors open this evening at 6:00 pm. You should stop in. Tell ’em the Doctrine sent ya.)

Anyways…

We enjoy writing about the Wakefield Doctrine. Usually we focus on the principles underlying this alternative perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. Also, we try to provide examples of the behavior of each of the three ‘personality types’*, more so in the early days. If you’re new to this blog, may we suggest you invest some time perusing the Archives, especially for posts written in the, ‘Really?! You’re Gonna Publish That!?!” period of 2011 to 2013. (Fun times.)

But, seeing how we’re kinda short on time this morning, what say we do a couple of ‘In Case of Emergency Do This…;

• you’re a clark sitting down for an interview for a job that you actually want**. Scan the walls of the room. If there is nothing hanging on the walls other than ‘Safety is Job 1’ or ‘There is no I in Team’ assume your interviewer is a clark. Good news! You don’t need to bother with eye contact, but be sure to make them laugh at least once.
• if, however, you see anything that is embossed, be-ribboned or otherwise involves the use of Latin in a scrolly-font, then you are surely about to meet a roger… this is where your practice will pay off.
• pretend to listen, compliment whatever they say, and find a chance to make good-natured fun of them. (This last is admittedly tricky. It’s how a scott romances a roger. So if you’re a clark, the best fake is to find a way to encourage the Interviewer to tell you about the people he/she doesn’t like in the company. Ain’t love grand.

ok. sorry, out of time.

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* clarks (the Outsider), scotts (the Predator) and rogers (Herd Members)… come on, New Readers, you’re scaring us… you should not need to have your memory refreshed on the three predominant worldviews

** as opposed to a job that you know you need and are pretty sure you’re qualified for