Scaling Agile While Staying Aligned—How Do You Do It?

Startups move fast. Sometimes too fast. But when agility starts to feel like chaos, and scaling adds complexity, maintaining a structured yet flexible approach becomes a real challenge.

As someone who oversees multiple internal programs, runs Scrum daily, and juggles everything from stakeholder expectations to cross-team alignment (all while handling customer success!), I see this friction all the time:

Move too fast? Teams end up working reactively, losing sight of long-term goals.
Over-plan? Execution slows down, and teams struggle to adapt to change.

Would love to hear from fellow program leaders, product managers, Agile practitioners—or anyone in between who navigates this daily chaos!:

How do you ensure agility doesn’t derail long-term product vision?
What frameworks, tools, or processes have helped you scale Agile across teams?
How do you keep multiple squads rowing in the same direction—without drowning in meetings?
What’s one game-changing move you made that actually made scaling Agile easier (and didn’t backfire)?
What’s the one Agile “rule” you’ve happily broken because reality demanded it?

Looking forward to your insights, lessons, and battle-tested strategies!