Early in my career I would build something I thought was useful, deploy it, meet with people within the company to get people to start using it. A lot of effort for something that would have a positive impact. My manager would schedule a meeting with me, and with a look of panic open with, “why didn’t you tell me about this or why did you do this?”. I understand now that before you start something, you need to decide who you are going to give credit to, and that person needs to be made aware that they will get credit for the project. Ideally your boss’s boss’s boss. Corporate caché only exist insofar as leadership allows it to exist, you gotta play the game. Pawns don’t get to take the glory for themselves.