How to Scale, Sustain, and Succeed in Innovation

Welcome to Remastered, the podcast where we explore how innovators are closing the gap between strategy and execution. I’m your host, Tom Savigar.

Today, I’m joined by Tom Fawcett, a visionary in corporate innovation and the former CEO of AA-X, the innovation arm of the AA. Over the last decade, Tom has launched and scaled new ventures inside some of the UK’s most established businesses, from Jaguar Land Rover to Samsung—and he’s developed a deeply practical and proven playbook along the way.

In this episode, we dive into what it takes to create breakthrough businesses within legacy organizations. We talk about:

Why innovation must move beyond ‘theater’ and into the core business,

How to orchestrate across stakeholders with different motivations—from investors to execs to front-line teams,

And the messy reality of building real, revenue-generating ventures like Vixer, the AA's' connected car platform.

Tom shares lessons on staying agile, using AI as a tool rather than a gimmick, and keeping people at the heart of innovation. He’s also refreshingly honest about the personal resilience required to do this work—and the emotional intelligence needed to bring others with you.

If you’re navigating innovation inside a large organization, or trying to turn great ideas into commercially viable ventures, this conversation is full of insight—and realism.

Let’s get into it.

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