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
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
Connect with Alon:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-arvatz/
In this special year-end episode of FinOps in Action, host Alon Arvatz reflects on the most important lessons from a year of conversations with FinOps leaders across industries. From empowering engineers instead of policing them, to securing executive buy-in before driving change, Alon distills four recurring insights that define successful FinOps programs in 2025.