Evidently Dilbert has been attempting to take lessons from Wally, but doesn't quite have the hang of it yet. Yu need to spend many more years here at the monastery, Grasshopper....
@Pclip
There was the rule of sixes and sevens: group size should be six or seven - my memory is a bit scratchy, I think you had six or seven groups of six or seven individuals. If three tiers is the maximum for speedy enough communication, then maximum company size would be 343 employees.
The PHB is an 'anchor' to any meeting/project, Wally is only a barnacle. The PHB would see his 'role' as a good thing, in this boat metaphor - "a boat needs an anchor."