Unfortunately, there's also a cargo-cult aspect to this kind of thing, when managers start saying: "Everyone is now required to have three pens at their station at all times."

I'm in a company where the suit-wearing side says "we need innovation" to the tech side, but they don't actually want a discussion about what they see as opportunities or directions. They just want to invoke it by rote ritual, or order it as if we kept some on shelves.