Or the business needs a non-technical solution. A good CTO helps a business to not invest time and money into a technical direction that doesn't make sense. It'

Or the business needs a non-technical solution. A good CTO helps a business to not invest time and money into a technical direction that doesn't make sense. It's more advantageous to end up late on a javascript framework that maintains significant activity and market share than it is to be one of the first to migrate on to the hottest new one that then fades into obscurity a year later.