That title is funny. I work at big nameless european telco and for the last 10 years that's exactly how I perceive the whole culture here.
Some higher up, either the CTO, CIO, or close to those roles, gets a pamphlet about some shitty product. And without listening to anyone buys it and forces all us techs to use it for a year or two before they move on to the next shitty product.
In one case we even had a CTO force a shitty product on us, speak very highly about it, only to quit and take a position at the vendor of the shitty product.
Some higher up, either the CTO, CIO, or close to those roles, gets a pamphlet about some shitty product. And without listening to anyone buys it and forces all us techs to use it for a year or two before they move on to the next shitty product.
In one case we even had a CTO force a shitty product on us, speak very highly about it, only to quit and take a position at the vendor of the shitty product.