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The modern executive who got their post from being mates with the right people, having attended the right schools and relentless self-promotion isn't a highly analitical person who sistematically and in depth researches their options before chosing what to do.
This is unsurprising given that a system were the image one projects is critical to one's career progression rewards almost the opposite: they're supposed to look decisive and confident.
The myth of CxO competence is just that: a myth and the product of confusing the characteristics of the character they're playing with the characteristics of the actor, something we're definitelly egged on to do by the Media.
It's only unbelievable that the execs did not expect this for those who believe the execs are actually competent at management rather than being people born in the right families and whose greatest competence is in playing the right role for the right audience.