YUKEN
An AI and automation practice

Build the system.Skill the people.

YUKEN is an AI and automation practice with two engines. Solutions ships the build. Skilling builds the capability. One partner, from first prompt to production.

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ユケンEST 2020
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MicrosoftUnited NationsWise OriginMultiverseiveeSimplexicoFirst AIIndustry RockstarAlthaus Digital
Solutions

Build the system

AI and automation, designed and shipped to production. We are practitioners, so we build the thing and make it run.

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Skilling

Skill the people

An academy that turns AI curiosity into capability, from a single Copilot rollout to a full Level 4 apprenticeship.

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01Solutions

What we build

We design, build and embed AI and automation. Three service lines, one accountable team.

Workflow Automation

Remove the manual work. We map the process, automate it with the right tool for the job and can run and maintain it for you so it survives contact with production, not just the demo.

  • Triage & approvals
  • Intake & reporting
  • Document & data handling
  • Error handling & alerts
  • Managed monitoring & upkeep

Managed AI Adoption & Implementation

AI adoption owned end to end. Strategy, rollout, change and measurement, run as an ongoing engagement rather than a one-off pilot and built around the licences you already hold.

  • Change management
  • ROI & adoption tracking
  • Responsible AI
  • Governance
  • Ongoing run and support

AI Agents & Applications

Custom agents and AI applications that plug into the tools your team already uses, built on whatever fits the use case and budget and that hold up in real workflows.

  • Retrieval & knowledge
  • Structured output
  • Integrations & MCP
  • Human in the loop
  • Run and maintain for you
02Skilling

What we teach

From a single Copilot rollout to a full Level 4 apprenticeship, designed and delivered live. We can also build the material and hand it over or train your trainers to run it.

Apprenticeship

AI & Automation apprenticeships

We build the full programme for the Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship (ST1512) and the three Level 5 AI Leadership units. Curriculum, schemes of work, assessment and EPA gateway prep.

Academy

Corporate AI academies

Multi week, role based academies that take complete beginners to confident builders. Decks, facilitator scripts, live demos and hands on labs, delivered live.

Enablement

Microsoft Copilot enablement

From first prompt to automated pipeline. M365 Copilot across the suite, then Copilot Studio agents and Power Automate.

Bootcamp

Agentic automation bootcamps

Build along bootcamps where every learner ships a working agent. n8n, Make and Power Automate, with multi tool agents, structured output and retrieval.

Train the trainer

Train the trainer

We certify your trainers to deliver our programmes or yours. Facilitator guides, word for word scripts, demo runbooks and live coaching, so your team can run it without us.

Content

Learning design & content

Need the material, not the delivery? We design learning content for any programme from scratch. Curricula, decks, facilitator guides, scripts, labs, assessments and SCORM.

Workshop

Generative AI & prompt engineering

Practical GenAI for teams. Prompt engineering, AI driven data analysis and AI enhanced workflows, with responsible AI woven through.

Executive

AI leadership & strategy

For senior teams deciding where AI fits. Capability mapping, opportunity and risk, governance and pilots, framed as decisions a board can act on.

For training providers

Building an apprenticeship?

We author the Level 4 AI and Automation apprenticeship from scratch and deliver it too. The provider behind the providers.

For providers
03Method

Build it. Skill them. Make it stick.

One operating model, whether we are shipping a system, skilling a team or doing both at once.

  1. 01

    Discover

    We map the real problem, your stack and your people. The questions that surface where AI actually pays off.

  2. 02

    Build

    We architect and ship the solution. Agents, automations and applications, tested end to end before anyone relies on them.

  3. 03

    Skill

    We hand it over and level up your team, so the capability stays in the building after we leave.

  4. 04

    Embed

    We measure adoption, refine and govern. The goal is durable change, not a pilot that quietly dies.

04By the numbers
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professionals skilled
trained and enabled across 200+ organisations
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organisations served
UN agencies, finance, the public sector and tech
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programmes designed and delivered
from 60 minute immersions to 12 month apprenticeships
SOLUTIONS·SKILLING·AUTOMATION·AGENTS·ADOPTION·
05Selected work

Recent standout work

A sample of recent work across both engines.

Modernising a mission-critical platform with AI assisted development

United Nations · Solutions

Advised a United Nations agency on modernising a mission-critical planning platform using AI assisted development. We reverse engineered a large legacy application and rebuilt a core module as a clean standalone solution, then upskilled the team to carry it forward.

  • Legacy application reverse engineered and rebuilt
  • Standalone module shipped with row level security
  • UN officers mentored in AI assisted development
  • Governance and safe AI recommendations for lasting capability

A complete Level 4 AI & Automation apprenticeship, built from scratch

Wise Origin · Skilling

Commissioned by training provider Wise Origin to build the Skills England Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship end to end, then to deliver the employer and learner onboarding.

  • 11 section audit ready curriculum mapped to all 64 KSBs
  • Programme spec, scheme of work and unit low level designs
  • Assessment, IQA and EPA gateway materials
  • Employer insight and learner onboarding delivered

The Microsoft track for a Level 4 AI Solutions Builder apprenticeship

Multiverse · Skilling

Sole Microsoft track subject matter expert for a Level 4 AI Solutions Builder apprenticeship. Authored all five unit low level designs for the first two modules, KSB mapped, including a simulated end point assessment.

  • Five unit low level designs authored and KSB mapped
  • Page by page LMS blueprints for Copilot Studio and Power Automate
  • Project brief and meets or exceeds marking grid designed
  • Set the quality framework the rest of the programme followed

A multi vendor AI and automation training catalogue

ivee · Skilling

Designed and delivered an eight programme catalogue spanning Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power Automate, Claude, n8n agentic workflows and vibe coding, built for live audiences of up to 100.

  • Eight programmes and webinars designed end to end
  • Twelve live tool demos built and tested before delivery
  • A Claude Code authoring pipeline for consistent assets
  • Delivered solo to busy live cohorts

Build along bootcamps where every learner ships an agent

Industry Rockstar · Solutions

Sole session owner of two live build along bootcamps, a Make AI Agents bootcamp and a Building AI Agents in n8n bootcamp, around 20 hours combined. Every demo agent was built and deployed to a live tenant.

  • Two full bootcamp programmes designed and facilitated
  • Multi tool agents with human in the loop and structured output
  • Custom Python written against the n8n API to provision and test
  • Around 8,000 word delivery scripts per session
Adil-Ul Islam, Founder at YUKEN
Adil-Ul Islam
Founder
06Practice

Built by a practitioner

YUKEN began as a one person practice and grew into a team that builds AI systems and teaches people to run them. The founder, Adil, is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and AI Skilling Specialist with a track record across the UN, blue chip finance, the public sector and the UK's leading apprenticeship providers.

He was the Global UN Copilot Skilling Lead within Microsoft's Tech for Social Impact team, where he enabled thousands of staff to build their own AI agents. Through YUKEN's Solutions and Skilling engines he designs production AI and automation and authors the curricula that turn organisations into confident adopters.

07Contact

Let's build something your team can run

Whether you need a system shipped, a team skilled or both, we start with a conversation. Tell us where you are and where you want to be.

Or email us directlyhello@yuken.ai

We reply to every genuine enquiry within two working days.