The change AI brings to the c-suite and board
Entry jobs are in danger of being replaced by AI. But what about C-suite and board roles? Are they safer? Are they changing?
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The Chain of Intent Process
The "chain of intent" approach to FinOps is designed to reduce decision fatigue and errors by using structured policies to automate decision-making. The process moves …
AI growth is no longer constrained by software demand, but by simultaneous physical bottlenecks across the infrastructure stack.
AI is no longer constrained by demand. It is constrained by power, memory, fabrication, and time. Unlike software, infrastructure scales slowly. The companies that …
FinOps getting vertical
Wipro just paid for 3,200 people who understand food supply chains, not cloud optimisation. The Mindsprint acquisition looks like outsourcing on the surface. Olam's …
AI growth is blocked
AI growth is limited by very physical factors.
Cloud strategy rarely survives the trip to engineering
FinOps gets stronger when it stops behaving like a reporting function and starts translating executive intent into operational reality. Cloud cost is not just an …
FinOps wants to grow. It might shrink instead
As cloud approaches trillion-dollar scale, it becomes infrastructure. FinOps practices standardise and disperse into finance, engineering, and procurement. What remains …
Nvidia's GTC keynote
Nvidia's GTC keynote had a lot of chip announcements, but the real story is vertical integration.
FinOps X day London 2026 - Keynote comments
My notes from the FinOps X day London 2026. In not particular order.
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 …