The context

A mature FinOps practice can still be useless to leadership

FinOps maturity is usually measured from inside the FinOps tribe, which means we are often marking our own homework. Maturity alone is of no use to leadership if it does not connect cloud economics to strategy and decision making.

Your strategy dies before it reaches engineering

Strategy rarely reaches engineers intact. As decisions are reworked at every level, intent fragments and organisations drift. This model shows how to carry strategy through intent, policies, and implementation—and why FinOps sits at the centre of making it happen.

Notes from Tech Show London 2026

Why FinOps still lives in Excel

FinOps still lives in Excel not because tools are weak, but because the discipline lacks mandatory, GAAP-like standards. Without set in stone standardsthere is not much to build on. Until the foundation stabilises, wide adjustments are needed, and maturity stays out of reach.

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