It seems like that there has to be a certain minimum level of manager competence for this to work. If the manager is too blind, he/she will never learn that yo

It seems like that there has to be a certain minimum level of manager competence for this to work. If the manager is too blind, he/she will never learn that your ideas are sound. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect