Well, it could be "just" naive hiring processes. It's pretty natural for people to use themselves and their immediate circles as thought guinea pigs for any process they come up with. And unfortunately, quite often, people in positions of power don't work their way up there, so it takes more effort than they are usually willing to invest to relate. Which is a shame, because doing things beyond what everybody else is doing can be a huge advantage.

One of the problems I see in big corporates is that feedback cycles for bad policy can be so long, whoever caused something is far away when the effects hit. AKA nobody really cares. But to be fair, I've always tried to care, and worked with many others who do.