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AI Utility Lab
A growing toolbox of practical AI utilities for UK organisations. Check your AI readiness, build a board-ready ROI case, or search public procurement opportunities, with each tool available on its own focused page.
How to use the Utility Lab
Choose the tool that matches the decision in front of you. Check whether your organisation is ready for AI, model the return on a specific use case, or search live public procurement opportunities. Each tool opens on its own focused page, and this toolbox is ready to grow as new utilities are added.
AI Readiness Quick Test
Twenty honest yes/no questions across data, people, governance and risk. Three minutes to complete, immediate score, and a tailored next step.
Open the quick testAI ROI Calculator
Plug in people, hours saved, salary cost, tool cost and one-off setup. Get year-one savings, payback months, 3-year ROI and a board-ready verdict.
Open the calculatorConsolidated AI
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Read the storyTender Watch
Search live public procurement opportunities across official sources, then focus on the tenders that match your market.
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Want Simon to walk through your numbers in person?
The tools give you a directional answer. A 30-minute call gives you Simon's judgement on the assumptions, the right first project, and the governance steps to take before any vendor signature.
AI Utility Lab: common questions
Are the AI Readiness Quick Test and AI ROI Calculator really free, with no sign-up?
Yes. Both tools run entirely in your browser - no account, no email required to see a result, and no data is sent anywhere unless you choose to email yourself the output at the end. They take about three minutes each and can be run as many times as you like with different assumptions.
What is the difference between the Readiness Quick Test and the full AI Readiness Audit?
The Quick Test here is a self-service, three-minute directional score across data, people, governance and risk - useful for a fast gut-check before a meeting. The full AI Readiness Audit is a structured, evidence-based engagement with leadership interviews, a technical and data review, and a numerical scorecard delivered as a board-ready report. Most organisations use the Quick Test to decide whether the full audit is worth commissioning.
Can I use the results from these tools in a board presentation?
Yes, that is exactly what they are built for. Both tools are designed to produce screenshot-ready numbers - a readiness score or a three-year ROI case - that hold up to a first pass of board scrutiny. Treat them as a strong starting point rather than a final business case, and validate the key assumptions (particularly hours saved) before relying on them for a funding decision.
Do I need technical knowledge to use the AI Utility Lab tools?
No. Both tools are written in plain English for business leaders, not technologists. The Readiness Quick Test is twenty yes/no questions with plain-language hints. The ROI Calculator asks for numbers you already know - headcount, hourly cost, tool pricing - and does the maths for you.
Want to apply this inside your organisation?
Three ways to take it further - pick the one that fits the day you're having.