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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.
CEO intent to FinOps decisions
FinOps starts with intent. With a CEO saying: “We are going to take this risk.” With executives debating what that really means. And you untangling what it means for your FinOps practice. You need to learn the art of executive interpretation (ie reading in the tea leaves of intent).
Your dashboard is lying (but not the way you think)
Cloud vendors mark cost data as provisional until month-end billing is finalised, yet most FinOps dashboards ignore that and display mid-month numbers as truth. In FinOps, usage is daily, but finance is monthly. Real control comes from governance and behaviour, not hourly refreshes.
Why shift left makes me uncomfortable
Shift-left is framed as empowerment: show engineers the cost impact and let them decide. But when economic responsibility moves down without strategic intent, budget ownership and reward moving with it, ownership can quietly become exposure.
Stop being supportive AI, please
AI feels helpful when you are thinking—but that is the trap.
News - cracker method for AI cost optimisation?
News - Two days in February. Same AI technology. Palantir posts +70% revenue growth. The software sector watches $285 billion evaporate.
IT value theory
What if the value of IT isn’t cost, savings, or efficiency, but belief? This essay proposes a way to read IT value through three layers: precision, interpretation, and commitment. Not as theory, but as how organisations already decide what future they fund.
How to give FinOps authority without creating bureaucracy
Executive sponsorship matters in FinOps, but intent alone is not enough. This article introduces the FinOps Executive Mandate, a practical artefact that turns sponsorship into explicit authority, defines decision rights and separates a stable core from context-specific adaptation.
The illusion of less work
When the defaults no longer fit
FinOps often feels simple on paper, then stubbornly complex in practice. When the defaults stop fitting, the friction isn’t failure. It’s experience. This field note is about what happens when judgement, context, and communication matter more than clean models.
