Organisations migrating applications and workloads to the cloud face a variety of challenges throughout the process. While there's no singularly overwhelming challenge, meeting internal expectations for migration pace and keeping up with business demands are critical for both CTOs and practitioners involved in day-to-day cloud migration projects. This is driving a shift in cloud strategies with a growing number of organizations repatriating workloads from public clouds back to on-premises locations in order to retain more control over their data. However, well-targeted cloud migrations can continue to offer significant benefits despite the influence of repatriation on cloud modernisation strategies. So how can modern leaders and practitioners balance the needs of the business with the onward march of innovation?