Your AI innovation partner

Where good ideas come to life.

One space where anyone in your organisation can define a problem, shape a solution and show it working. With a business case your leadership can act on.

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30 days · up to 10 people · no card · built by Oaklin

Most innovation programmes stall. Not because the technology failed. Because the right problems rarely get defined, shaped or backed.

87% of innovation leaders say turning ideas into outcomes is their biggest obstacle. HYPE, State of Corporate Innovation, 2025

So we built Oli.

Oaklin has been wild about ideas for over a decade. Running innovation for our clients, we kept seeing the same pattern: brilliant thinking, trapped in pockets, with progress stalling after workshops.

So we put the way we work into a tool. How we get to the real problem, how we shape an idea into something worth backing, and how we turn it into an outcome.

An Oaklin consultant running an innovation workshop at a whiteboard covered in post-it notes

01 · Define

Start with the real problem.

Oli asks the questions a good consultant would. A short conversation gives you a Problem Statement with success criteria, scored section by section, ready for someone to decide on.

02 · Shape

Shape a solution worth backing.

Oli proposes ideas, you pick and refine. Then the decisions that matter: who runs it, where it starts, what is in and what is out.

03 · Prototype

See it working. Whatever it is.

A clickable prototype for a digital idea. A one-page design, process map or service blueprint for everything else. Ready in a single sitting.

04 · Make the case

A business case, not a hunch.

Oli sizes the value in time, cost, revenue, risk and experience, scores every idea against four criteria, and produces a management report leadership can act on.

05 · Decide

One pipeline. Full visibility.

Every idea moves through stages you define, with its score, its value and its prototype attached. Leaders see where to back. Colleagues see it all on the Ideas Board.

Fuel growth

Build a stronger innovation pipeline.

Growth depends on a continuous pipeline of high-quality opportunities. Oli keeps yours full, with ideas drawn from every corner of your business, already shaped, already prototyped, already sized.

More opportunities in.

The front of your pipeline opens to everyone, not just the workshop list. Creativity should not depend on who gets invited.

Higher quality at the gate.

Every idea arrives as a validated problem, a working prototype and a sized business case. Not a one-line suggestion in a form.

Faster decisions.

Reviewers score against the same four criteria: value, people impacted, complexity, strategic fit. Ideas that took a quarter to assess move in days.

Confidence at the point of decision.

One view of the whole portfolio: value against complexity, what is waiting, what is moving, what it is worth. Back the best with evidence, not instinct.

Your AI. Your data.

Built for organisations that take data seriously.

More than a platform

Your innovation engine. Designed, run, and handed over.

Some organisations are ready to run. Others are earlier in the journey. That's where Oaklin comes in. Our consultants wrap a managed innovation service around Oli: we design your programme, run it with you, and build the engine inside your organisation until it runs itself.

01

Design the programme.

We shape the strategy with you: the challenges worth running, the gates ideas move through, the governance that keeps leadership confident without slowing anyone down.

02

Run it together.

Oaklin consultants launch your challenges, facilitate the sessions, coach teams through their first prototypes, and keep the pipeline moving while your organisation finds its rhythm.

03

Build it into your people.

We train your champions, embed the methodology, and hand over the keys. The goal was never dependence on us. It's an innovation capability your organisation owns.

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Wild about ideas. Serious about outcomes.

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Developers needed to turn a rough thought into a working prototype.

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Problem, solution, prototype and business case in an afternoon.

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Of ideas visible on the board, with their score and status. Nothing stuck, nothing lost.

Good questions

Things people ask us.

What is Oli?

Oli is an AI innovation platform built by Oaklin. It guides anyone from a problem to a validated Problem Statement, a shaped solution, a working prototype and a business case, and gives leaders one pipeline to decide what to back.

Who is it for?

Heads of innovation, transformation, continuous improvement and strategy, and every team with a problem worth solving. You do not need to be technical.

How does the free trial work?

Thirty days, up to ten people, in your own workspace. Tell us who you are, we set it up and send your sign-in details by email. An Oaklin consultant reviews what you have built in week three. At the end you can extend, or talk to us about next steps.

How is Oli priced?

Oli is licensed per organisation, with Oaklin support included. The price depends on the size of your organisation and how much Oaklin involvement you want. We will walk you through it during your trial.

Where is our data?

In the UK and EU, in an environment that is separate from every other organisation's. Your content is never used to train AI models. Our privacy notice has the detail.

Do we need Oaklin consultants to use it?

No. Oli is self-serve. If you want Oaklin to design and run your innovation programme with you, we can.

Free for 30 days

Try Oli with your team.

Your own workspace, up to 10 people, no card. We set it up for you, and an Oaklin consultant reviews what you have built before the trial ends.

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