What did the world’s top FinOps practitioners learn in 2025? What should you change in your practice heading into 2026?

In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down to talk through key takeaways from 2025. I look back on dozens of interviews with FinOps leaders across industries to surface the four most repeated and most impactful insights from this year. Whether you’re scaling a new FinOps practice or leveling up a mature one, these insights will help you drive deeper engineering alignment, stronger executive support, and more business value in 2026.

Here’s what we talked about:

• Why you should stop telling engineers what to do and empower them instead
• Why FinOps must be a top-down initiative
• How FinOps practitioners must think like salespeople
• Why FinOps is more than just cost savings… It’s about business value

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Quote of the Show:

• “Focus on business value. It's really important. It makes the conversation a lot easier, a lot more mature, but don't forget to optimize cost.” - Alon Arvatz

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