So, I spent some time trying to dig into this ‘Dale Wainwright’ topic. Honestly, I was looking for something practical, maybe a technique or an approach I could actually apply day-to-day. Went through some stuff, tried to connect the dots. Seemed a bit… up in the air? Hard to grab onto something solid, you know? Like, what do you actually do with it?
It sort of took me back to this period a few years ago. I was really trying hard to implement this new organizational method someone was pushing. Let’s just say it had a fancy name, sounded real official. Reminds me of trying to make sense of vague concepts like maybe this Wainwright thing is.
Trying to Make it Work
Okay, so the idea back then was supposed to streamline everything. Big promises. We were gonna be faster, better, all that jazz. I decided, right, I’m gonna give this a proper go. I’ll document how I apply it to my own tasks.
First step was mapping out my current process. Easy enough. Did that. Took notes.
Then, I tried to overlay the ‘new method’. This is where things got tricky.
- The steps in the new method didn’t quite line up with the reality of my work. It felt forced.
- I had to create extra documents, fill out new forms that didn’t seem to add much value. Just more clicks, more typing.
- Collaboration was supposed to improve, but the new steps actually made it harder to quickly share info with colleagues. We had to go through these new ‘channels’ that just slowed things down.
I spent a solid week genuinely trying to follow this thing to the letter. It was painful. My usual output dropped. I felt like I was wading through mud. Tasks that normally took an hour were stretching into half a day because I was busy ‘following the process’.
The realization hit me hard one afternoon. I was staring at this complicated flowchart we were supposed to use, and comparing it to the simple checklist I used to have. The fancy chart, the new system… it wasn’t helping. It was actively getting in the way.
So, what did I do? I went back to my old checklist. Modified it slightly based on some tiny useful bits I picked up, but mostly, I reverted. And guess what? Things started moving again. I got my work done. It wasn’t ‘official’, but it worked.
My takeaway from that whole experience? Practicality beats theory almost every time. Doesn’t matter what it’s called – Wainwright’s way, John Doe’s system, whatever. If you can’t apply it smoothly in your real situation, if it creates more problems than it solves, then it’s just noise. Stick with what works, and tweak it based on real results, not just because someone with a fancy title or a named concept says so. That’s my practical record on things like this.
