I keep coming back to this intact cohort idea.....

So someone tell me if I'm wrong but here is how I am seeing this....the way IT departments are currently 'incentivized'  - their ideal situation would be zero users and no connection to the Internet. Once you connect to the internet and add users, then things start getting hinky. I'm not casting stones here, in fact in a way I'm apologizing to all the IT departments for whom I've caused trouble by demanding applications and access that did nothing to honor the way the were rated on the job performance - essentially I just kept asking them to do me favors.

Maybe we need to have a corporate discussion about changing the way the IT department is evaluated for job performance so that it is in-line with the strategic direction of the company. I think that strategic plans get written and even implementation plans get written (I've written a couple myself) but then no one from HR is on the writing team so the incentive structure stays the same and may not be a positive vector for hitting those strategic goals. Learning/training departments are seeing this right - as they get tasked with defining their purpose as supporting the strategic direction of the organization or specific business units or lines.

I'm still working through all this in my head but I think a first, practical move for me will be to expand my definition of the departments I need represented on IPTs for instance....