the.com/pointy haired boss
management by buzzword, competence optional, ego mandatory.
means a satirical archetype of the clueless corporate manager who outranks people smarter than him for reasons nobody can explain.
from coined by scott adams in the dilbert comic strip, debuting 1989, where the unnamed boss's literal pointy hair visualized his hollow, spiky incompetence.
never namedhe has no name in 35 years of strips
hair as metaphorspikes suggest a brain full of nothing
real inspirationadams based him on his own actual managers
corporate reprintcompanies literally hung dilbert strips on cubicle walls
for instance
dilbert's boss — the original, unnamed, since 1989, syndicated in 2000+ papers
michael scott — the office, 2005, incompetence played for pathos instead of satire
bill lumbergh — office space, 1999, the mumbling tps-report tyrant