The manager does not have a company, He is not willing to provide solution that will help the company he is working for do more in less time, and he is equally not willing to encourage someone who has brought up a solution. And he thinks he has the monopoly of knowledge and everyone else in the room is stupid.

"Let he that does not know seek to know earnestly because a lot of people that knows are willing to pass information to someone they see that genuinely wants to learn"
Just like you are doing in this blog series.
Regards @chbartist