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November 2, 2026 By 5 Comments

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

New Wakefield Doctrine series this week. From Comments submitted by Misky, Frank and Mimi, our topic:

rogers and clarks ‘of blue monkeys and Herd integrity‘

Before we begin, for any New Readers (an increasingly likelihood as we’ve been participating in other ‘hops and visiting new friends blogs)

The Wakefield Doctrine is an additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up). It maintains that what most other personality schema refer to at personality types are simply is but a reflection of the infant human’s adapting to a world defined by his/her relationship with it. The Doctrine has three personality types (referred to as predominant worldviews) therefore it proposes three characteristic relationships on can have:

  • the Outsider (clarks) the world of thought and ideas, insatiable curiosity driving a search for information, specifically the knowledge that would permit them to be ‘a part of’… you know, a real person.      clarks think
  • the Predator (scotts) chase, run, sleep, eat and etc… the day is all, the here and now the tactile and mercurial is all the justification required for their undivided intention… appetite          scotts act
  • the Herd Member (rogers) the world is complete and sufficient and quantifiable. there is a Right Way that is one’s duty to learn and practice and telling others of this way, influence rather than force, emotion trumps reason ever time.      rogers feel

These adaptations and social strategies are responsible for predominant worldviews. In a very real sense, the style (of coping) each of us develop is the perfect personality type for the world as we are experiencing it. Hey, if you’re growing up in the world of the Outsider you really don’t need to be loud and aggressive; the Predator? subtle and introspective won’t help run down that Prey and those developing and maturing in the life of Herd Members are all about keeping track of the details of the world. The better to know the Right Way.

so to this week’s topic:

rogers live in the world as a Member of the Herd. The Herd is everything. (This includes that which the roger might not be directly aware of but has an effect on his/her life.) The view of the world for any roger is from the center of their Herd. As to the members of one’s Herd, they are aligned and consistent with the one in the center in a behavioral concentricity… most loyal (aka in simpatico with) the closest to the center. Ain’t no conflict or disagreement there. All on the same page. (Our behavioral metaphor of a herd is quite helpful. Rub shoulders? We agree.)

Of course everyone does not agree with each other on everything. Now zoom out, all disney-tulip-zoom-up-aerial-panorama. The farther away from the center the looser the alignment.

So what’s the deal with clarks?

To begin with, consider the definition of a clark: the Outsider. Their personal reality is one of ‘me and them’. A clark realizes (correctly or otherwise) at a very early age that most everyone around them are comfortable with each other. They share something. Something common that binds them on some level. They are, collectively, a part of. By the mere fact of being able to recognize this fricken totally dooms the clark.

clarks know that most of the world of people are connected and share an unspoken commonality, rogers are joined by the experience of the world from the perspective of the Herd. rogers do not include ‘Herd’ as a subset of reality. It is reality.

guess what happens when a clark walks up and says, “I really like what you’ve done with your world. Everyone belongs. Can I join your Herd?”

yeah… cue the blue paint!

to be cont’d

 

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October 13, 2026 By 14 Comments

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

Now that we’re all safely in Tuesday (the mildest day of the workweek) what say we check in our friends/Commentationers/-ettes

from Mimi:

In my reality, it’s good to be an outsider, but to see things through the lens of a predator or a herd member when needed.

then Misky:

I will say this: The Doctrine has given me a wee bit more patience for other perceptions that might’ve (well, actually, that really thoroughly) bugged the heck out me previously.

finally (the later episodes opening song lyrics ‘the Professor and Maryanne are here on….) Frank:

It sounds like we have better (I mean, worse) things to repent of than being either a clark, a scott or a roger.

How true (and perceptive)!

(In reverse order)

  • the three ‘personality types’ of the Wakefield Doctrine, more properly referred to as one’s predominant worldview, is both label and description of the first/primary relationship we, all of us, establish with the world. It is this context that we maintain and build a set of coping (and thriving) mechanisms/social strategies that persist throughout our lifes.
  • as an alternate perspective on the world around us, (and the people who make it up), the Doctrine offers a view from aside
  • to see the world not only as it exists for us, but to understand (or, at very least, gain an appreciation of) the world and everyday life as those around us are experiencing it is the most worthy of ambitions

cool

hows about we close with a RePrint/ReMinder of the ‘Eureka Moment’ of this here personality ‘theory’ here?

In the early 1980’s, Scott (the progenitor scott) worked at a music store in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He was the only full-time salesman and (also) ran the store’s repair department. In addition to musical instruments, the store provided repair services for a wide range of electronic equipment, including  tape recorders and other audio equipment.

One day I happened to stop by the store to visit. While there, a young man walked into the store, went directly to the ‘repair department’ where Scott and I were talking and without preamble placed a ‘dual cassette recorder’ on the counter. A dual cassette recorder was designed to allow one cassette to be copied directly to another, what today we would call, making a back up. The controls on this ‘dubbing recorder’ consisted of two sets of tape recorder controls: Volume, Treble and Bass. Where it differed from a single recorder was that it also had a Master Volume control. As the name implies it controlled the volume level, for both recording and playback. The tape recorder the customer placed on the counter appeared to be new and showed no signs of damage or abuse. I stepped back, Scott looked up and said, ‘What can we do for you’?  The customer said, “This thing is brand new, it worked for a couple of days, then it stopped working entirely. I can’t figure out what’s wrong”.

Scott looked at the device for a second, then, without a word, reached under the counter, brought out a roll of black electrical tape, and, tearing off a 2 inch piece, taped over the Master Volume control (after returning the dial to it’s highest setting). He then slid the device back over the counter and said, “There, it’s all right now.”

The customer asked to plug in the recorder. Taking a cassette from his pocket he put in the machine and ran it through it’s paces. Satisfied that  his ‘broken tape recorder’ now worked like new, he thanked Scott and walked out of the store, a totally satisfied customer.

My reality shifted. For reasons unclear to this day, although I observed what scott saw as to the nature of the problem with the dual cassette recorder, I realized that the character of his solution implied a reality, a ‘context’ that was clearly different from mine. At that moment I came to believe the personal reality that I experience as I went about my life was not necessarily the exact reality of anyone else. That the manner in which Scott perceived the ‘problem’ was fundamentally different from the way I witnessed it.

From that moment, standing in a small music store in Pawtucket, I’ve been observing the behavior of others knowing with the conviction that what I could see was not necessarily what they are experiencing. That, in fact, all reality is personal to a small, but significant degree, personal.

This blog is all about: ‘Can I find a way to better see the world as the other person is experiencing it?. And, (through this effort), ‘Can I improve and enhance how I relate myself to the world around me and the people who make it up?‘

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (already in progress…feel free to wander around)

(above excerpt from 2009)

 

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October 7, 2026 By 6 Comments

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

Now’s the tricky part.

In yesterday’s post you read about three people contemplating having lunch (together) in a crowded restaurant.

The easy part: by virtue of being familiar with the character (and characteristics) of the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine, one is able to extrapolate their individual responses to the prospect of lunch:

  • the clark is an Outsider. not a part of, not even a necessary, if not always pleasant, aspect of the cycle of life (hint: rhymes with scott), ‘Outsider’ as in apart from. if you do not appreciate how that translates on a social interaction matrix… off to Remedial Doctrine class with you!
  • the scott is a Predator. what characterizes Predators in the most economical use of words? chase/be chased action-equals-life. Fun Doctrine insight: the menu may be pasted to the window of the restaurant, but it’s also standing on full, live-action display (and, yes, there will be other Predators pretending to be du jour), all the better to start the game of life
  • the roger as an individual is the promise of the Herd, as a Member, (of the Herd), the justification of all they collectively stand for: ‘take, eat, this is my worldview’. there is no sadness in sacrifice if it is part of the greater whole

…now, the hard part!

lol

no, wait! lets save that for Friday. We gots to work on our contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

we suspect you, the Reader, might appreciate a little time to assimilate and ruminate on the overt implications of our little illustration of the real in personal reality, vis á vis the Wakefield Doctrine. To this end, allow us to pose some potentially enlightening questions. (New Readers who are clarks? You can skip this following section. Unless, of course, you want to indulge in the vicarious sense of belonging as you answer the questions for yourself.)

  • if you ‘wake up’* to the fact that you are an Outsider, how do you feel?
  • well, yeah, you’re kinda busy trying to figure out what they, (everyone but you), seems to know that you do not
  • ok… it’s clearly a secret that the others have forgotten they know… don’t assume otherwise. Even an Outsider has instincts for self-preservation and bugging everyone around you about this matter is surely not a good idea.
  • decide to ‘pass’ and get to work finding the thing they know, the information in whatever class in ‘Being a Part Off’ you unwisely played hooky from, thanks goodness intelligence is so not huge on peer comparison at an early age (at least among peers) (ish)

*no, roger. stop. no point or need to seize on the wake up. we all become the personality types we are because we deal with the world as we experience it as little baby children. our attempts to cope and our strategies to survive and thrive is in direct relationship to the personal reality we find ourselfs in.

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 29, 2026 By

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

From Faithful(ish) Correspondent Misky:

I require assistance in ascertaining which of the three this person might be. Here’s the scene: It’s 36C/97F, and I’ve waited 3 weeks for a new licence plate for my electric car (EVs have a green strip on the plate because we’re allowed to drive into cities without paying tolls). The first plates were lost by Royal Mail. The next set arrived on Tuesday, and so I drove to the dealership to have them fitted (holes drilled; screwed into the bumper; etc). The young man, not willing to work in the heat any longer than necessary, I assume, forgot the steel knobs required so the screws don’t rust. And then I discovered that he’d not removed the plastic protective film on the plates. I rang up the dealership and said, “It’s hot. I’m grumpy. And this doesn’t make me less grumpy. I’m driving to you as I speak, so you can fix this.”

Which of the personality types are happy to do a half-arsed job and consider it as a bloody job well done?

Thank you Misky.

Readers? To start us off, here is our (first) response to Misky (in a Comment/Reply)

the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them.

ed. as to the core question: which of the three would be ‘happy to do a half-arsed job and consider it as a bloody job well done?’

(come on…you know this one!)

All three of them.

The ‘answer’ to our Correspondent’s question is to be found in how they relate to her (if such a meeting might be arranged). They will reveal their predominant worldview by how they ‘defend’ their work.

(Hint: one will laugh, another will have a reasonable explanation for how, given circumstances beyond their control, it was not their fault and the last might simply apologize. But… (some of you are insisting) the question is ‘which personality type would not be concerned with the quality of work, insisting it was sufficient’.)

(Two word Hint: the Everything Rule. And, this is not quite what at least 2/3s of you are thinking it is. The inference pertinent to our discussion, not the actual Everything Rule, that is)

The actual and most productive answer to what sounds like Misky’s conundrum is: we can’t tell at this kind of distance. Were we there, at the dealership, it might be otherwise. “Wot? I was just about to enjoy a cuppa of Grey. And a scone, absolutely scrummy, they are. pip pip”

The shortest path to determining one’s predominant worldview is to interact with them in real time. First of all, the eyes:

  1. direct stare in return, (not necessarily hostile, but way not shy) maybe a disarming laugh; non-direct, constantly looking at anyone observers, or,
  2. failing that poster on the wall ‘The Customer is always Right (pip pip) or even
  3. subtle, but minimal eye contact but not shifty, and clearly not defensive or even critical other than to glance to the lower left, then up (NP fans will concur)

With a proper depth of understanding of the three relationships (with the world around them) of the Wakefield Doctrine, one can identify their personality type. And…and most germane to our discussion, by doing so successfully, be in a position to know more about our wayward mechanic than they know about theyselfs.

 

There is a saying in the field of ‘Decorative Word Arrangement and Proper Story-Setting’ that suggests the author ‘Show, Don’t Tell’.

Tune in tomorrow and we will.

(Question and criticisms in Comments below. (pip pip) And remember! “There are no stupid questions. Only your questions.”*

*  a joke lol, come on! ya got to have fun with this thing! besides 1.5 percent of Readers know it’s funny. …and an automative 15 points deducted for not

 

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June 17, 2026 By

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

lets set aside the lesson plan for today and consider: random truth and spurious insights

Hey, so clarks, they’re like introverts, right?

How come we can’t be sometimes a scott and then, maybe certain things change and we’re like really pissed off but do the opposite, we’re being a clark?

wth! everything around here seems to come back to clarks… that’s not fair

no, really

if the three predominant worldviews got into a fight… which one would win?

how come you people don’t like rogers?

a girl walks into bar and there are three people sitting there: one at the far end, one at the near end and the third in the middle, which should she talk to first?

no way! you’re not gonna leave these open-ended!!?

right?  right?!?!

oh. that fishbowl

full of little strip of like fortune cookie…fortunes

real clever

 

 

*the clark*you remember round fishbowls in Saturday Morning cartoons*because clarks are the ones who actually need it*we don’t dislike them, they’re just very…triggering*sure we are*the clark again*thats not the way this works*no. no they are not*thank you*sure we are*correctomundo*exactly!

 

Don’t forget! Doors open at Denise’s Six Sentence Story bloghop promptly at 6:00 pm EDST (here in Oceania) Word on the street we can expect an appearance by Chris, Misky, Reelika, Frank and, of course, Mimi

Be there or acquire the characteristics of a four-sided figure created exclusively with ninety-degree angles yo

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