[SakeOfBrevity]

Two particular moments comes up to my mind:

- Whole company going downhill and when Jim as co-manager got nervous about another Michael's "brilliant" idea of distracting people from work, he stuns him and audience with "They need this game. Let them have this stupid little game"

- Another dialogue with Jim implying that "That's what she said" lines are more self-conscious than everybody in the office thinks.

Scranton branch having one of or lone best finance numbers across whole company just makes me think Michael knew along what is he doing. This plot was never expanded in the show for obvious reasons.

[Cyph0n]

Still, it’s definitely not “all an act”. Yes, Michael has a few good moments, but more often than not, he’s doing stupid shit. GPS incident, the management class, etc.

I think these moments are there to show us that Michael tries his best to be a good manager, and that he sometimes does have good ideas.

As for the numbers, I think that’s all thanks to his employees - he just gets carried along for the ride.

[SakeOfBrevity]

Well, it's a show anyway, but in moments I described writers definitely had sth more in mind than just "Michael having a few good moments"

I can agree that if you look at the storyline as a whole, this theory doesn't make much sense, but these little hints here and there are always giving me second thoughts. Goes to show that art, even such low-key one as TV comedy, can really shine when you keep your head open to more interpretations than just the silver-plattered one.