FinOps after the low hanging fruitsVideo podcast
A show about the harder side of FinOps: communication, diplomacy, negotiation, policy design, forecasting, organisational tension, and strategic thinking.
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For practitioners who need FinOps to become credible, strategic, and useful inside the business.
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The conversation covers the introduction of a new AWS instance type comparison tool and the process of creating the EC2 Family Comparator. It also delves into the details of comparing cost and performance across …
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IT value is not a vague “impact” metric - it should tie directly to shareholder value, and Frank makes the case for exactly how to prove it. If you work in IT, FinOps, or tech leadership and you’ve ever struggled to …
What if IT has been chasing the wrong goal all along? Frank flips the usual “IT must create value” conversation on its head and makes the case that being a cost center might actually be the safest, smartest place for …
The conversation explores the delegation of tasks to AI in FinOps and introduces the concept of a trust matrix for AI and FinOps. Frank discusses the criteria for delegating tasks to AI based on verifiability and stakes, …
From Actor to FinOps Researcher: Insights from 21 Practitioners on the Human Side of FinOps What makes a great FinOps practitioner? In the first episode of FinOps After the Low-Hanging Fruits, Frank Contrepois talks to …
Vibe Coding is upon us, and we need to build some governance to avoid creating thousands of duplicates.
A useful trick for #finops practitioners wanting to boost their authority We've all had times when we wished we could act differently. Sometimes, these are habits that keep coming back and can be really annoying. There’s …
Who is happy about AI and who is unhappy about AI. Why?
AI is already impacting the board and C-suite positions. Click here to view the episode transcript.
When the easy FinOps savings are gone, the next challenge is not another dashboard. It is understanding how decisions really happen. In this first episode of the series, Frank starts at the very top of the company: the …
When trying to convince, the number of arguments depends on who you target.
