I find that if you're getting this response, you're not talking high up enough in the org chart. Eventually, somebody does care about the overall good of the co

I find that if you're getting this response, you're not talking high up enough in the org chart. Eventually, somebody does care about the overall good of the company, over the turf wars/budgetary bureaucracy of the middle management layer. But your project also has to be worthwhile enough to invoke the higher-ups.