What tends to happen is an executive makes an offhand remark in a meeting about a technology and five mid-level people pick up on it. They each tell 2-3 low le

What tends to happen is an executive makes an offhand remark in a meeting about a technology and five mid-level people pick up on it. They each tell 2-3 low level managers to work on it. By the time the project gets to individual contributors it has been distorted and several other groups are trying to deliver a similar project. Individuals just think, "why are we doing this?" because each level hides their intent to impress their boss's boss.