Flight Levels Day
The Year We Almost Missed — A Flight Levels Story from 2027
Flight Levels Day Talk by: Thomas Krause
It's May 2027. The fog has lifted — a little.
Looking back at 2026, three types of people experienced it very differently. The Pioneers had already gone through both awakenings: from AI-as-search-engine to vibe coding, and then into truly agentic AI co-creation. They were waiting for someone to care. The Town Planners had rolled out AI licenses, felt responsible, and were operating at about 2% of what the technology could actually do — without knowing it. The Settlers stood between them, crossing the first threshold, starting to understand what was changing.
In all three groups, one question surfaced: Where is this taking us?
This session is a practitioner's field report from that year — told as a story. No case study. No framework slides. Three characters — each experiencing the same year differently — and the question of what Flight Levels actually means when a growing share of the work is done by agents, not people.
The invitation: get to the experience. Not secondhand — find out what's possible yourself. Then ask: what does this mean for the way we plan, coordinate, and organize work?
about the speaker
Thomas is a Work Systems Designer and Flight Levels Professional based in Karlsruhe, Germany. Throughout 2026, he crossed the threshold from AI user to AI creator — building AI-assisted tools for the work he does with organizations: mapping structures, diagnosing patterns, designing for better flow. He co-organized the AI Transformation Camp Karlsruhe 2026, where practitioners worked through exactly that friction: what's technically possible, and what it means for the way organizations work. Along the way, he arrived at the next state of misunderstanding.
He works with Pioneers who can't get anyone to listen, Settlers who are starting to see it, and Town Planners who feel modern because they have the licenses. He helps organizations connect strategy with operations — and lately, helps them figure out what "done" looks like when a growing share of the work is done by agents, not people.
He's still figuring it out. But from here — May 2027 — the direction is clearer.
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