de tomKronieken

In this light, Richard Saunders is intriguing:

Fortunately, I've determined that competency is usually less important than social skills.

and a little farther up:

On a side note, I've discovered that personal productivity is less important in a corporate environment than asking questions that allow others to seem the expert. Today I asked my boss to explain something rather trivial. Once he explained it, he actually thought I was smarter for asking. Oddly, he actually got it wrong, but I'll keep that to myself.

It also seems that he tricks people in explaining him stuff by pretending he's a complete idiot. Now I think he's smarter than he believes he is, but of course, that might be a trick of his too.