Kneejerk reactions to the last kneejerk reaction, due to someone upending the status quo by being a good idea fairy and updating policy so as not to go by tribal knowledge. During the upheaval, it is revealed that the change was policy all along, but was disregarded for being inefficient. So instead of writing policy around the method that works, a square peg gets pushed through a round hole for the sake of leadership ego and trying to leave their mark.