Flight Levels Day
How Liberty Shifted from Agile Theatre to Value Conversations with Flight Levels – and Delivered the right stuff
Flight Levels Day 05 Talk by: Rochelle Roos, Mike Freislich
Picture this: You find yourself in the belly of a corporate beast, a massive, sprawling organisation where red tape is a primary colour, and politics is a full-contact sport. Agile? Oh, they’ve tried it all—Scrum, Kanban, Spotify, SAFe, Not-So-Safe, and the latest flavour of the month. Right now, SAFe reigns supreme, and I must admit, this is the biggest SAFe implementation I’ve ever been part of.
Now, before you roll your eyes and brace for another SAFe-bashing session, hear me out. I put my biases aside, took a deep breath, and fully immersed myself in their context. And guess what? I learned a lot! SAFe provides structure, creates space for critical interactions, and even facilitates some incredibly valuable moments. PI Planning? Showcases? Roaming the Risks? These are fantastic events with real potential.
But—and here’s the kicker—we still ended up with the same old problems. The ART vs. Business mentality. The classic ‘us vs. them’ standoff. Finger-pointing, confusion about who needs to do what and when, and an eerie feeling that despite all these grand events, we’re still not having the right conversations with the right people at the right time.
This is where Flight Levels thinking entered the chat.
By applying a Flight Levels lens, I finally started to see the missing pieces—the real connections between strategy and execution. Instead of chasing Agile Maturity for the sake of looking good on a consultant’s PowerPoint slide, we started focusing on actually delivering on strategy. Because at the end of the day, agility is just a vehicle; the real goal is business success.
about the speaker
Rochelle Roos is a coach and trainer at Liberty, with over six years of experience guiding teams and organisations through agile transformations across industries. My passion lies in applying Flight Levels thinking, systems thinking, and Kanban to bridge the gap between strategy and execution—moving beyond frameworks to create real business impact. An accredited Kanban trainer and certified in Scrum and SAFe, I thrive on sharing insights through speaking and sense-making sessions, helping organisations shift their focus from Agile Maturity to delivering real value
Mike Freislich has worked as a coach and trainer for over 20 years, and is the founder of LevelUp, a boutique Flight Levels consulting company in South Africa. As a Flight Levels Professional® he, runs accredited public and private workshops to help people in companies create lasting, meaningful change.
He is particularly interested in helping companies to put strategy into effect, by using his many tools and techniques acquired over the years, bound together with Flight Levels.
He has helped a great many organisations in South Africa, India, North America, Europe, Australia and Mauritius, to create more focus and deliver better results.
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