See where Kaiya fits across a search.

Follow a mandate from the first client question to the knowledge your firm carries into the next one. At each stage, Kaiya prepares work from the sources you provide; your team reviews what moves forward.

One context, carried from one decision to the next.

Each stage shows the moment your team is in, what Kaiya can prepare and who makes the judgement. Follow the links for the detail behind any workflow.

01
Before the mandate

Develop and win the work

A partner is preparing for a client meeting, pitch or proposal.

Partners · business development
Kaiya prepares

A concise brief with relationship history, comparable assignments, current market context and questions worth asking.

Your team decides

Partners choose the point of view, the relationship strategy and the commitments made to the client.

02
At search launch

Turn the brief into search logic

The assignment is agreed and the team needs one shared definition of relevance.

Partners · research leaders
Kaiya prepares

A structured brief, success profile, target-company logic and the questions the research needs to answer.

Your team decides

Partners and research leaders agree the criteria, boundaries and search strategy before the market work begins.

03
During research

Find and test the candidate market

The team needs market coverage and evidence for each candidate under consideration.

Researchers · consultants
Kaiya prepares

A market map and candidate pool from professional networks, approved web sources and firm material. A connected CRM can add private context.

Your team decides

Researchers challenge coverage and sources. Partners decide who belongs on the longlist and who to approach.

04
Through assessment

Assess candidates and advise the client

Interviews and market feedback need to become clear advice for the client.

Consultants · delivery teams
Kaiya prepares

Structured interview notes, candidate reports and client updates in the firm’s format, built from reviewed source material.

Your team decides

Consultants decide the assessment, recommendation and message that goes to the client.

05
After the assignment

Carry the learning into the next search

The assignment has created knowledge another team could use.

Operations · the wider firm
Kaiya prepares

A reviewable summary of assignment evidence, relationships and current market context. Connected CRM updates are prepared for approval.

Your team decides

The firm decides what to keep, what to update and what needs restricted access.

Start with the sources you already have.

Kaiya does not depend on one CRM. Connect the sources that make sense for your firm and keep the rest outside the workflow.

No CRM

Use briefs, files, notes, recordings, firm templates, professional networks and approved web sources. A CRM is not required.

Another CRM

Kaiya can use information your firm makes available through an approved route. We will confirm the right approach for your system.

Invenias

Kaiya’s deepest CRM integration can search, analyse and visualise Invenias knowledge, then prepare updates for your team to review.

Review runs through every stage.

  1. 01 Sources stay visible
  2. 02 Assumptions and gaps are flagged
  3. 03 Your team challenges the work
  4. 04 Approved output moves forward

Questions about fit

Do we need a CRM to use Kaiya?

No. Kaiya can work with briefs, files, notes, recordings, firm templates, professional networks and approved web sources. A CRM adds firm context when you choose to connect it.

Can Kaiya work with a CRM other than Invenias?

Kaiya can use information your firm makes available through an approved route. Invenias is the deepest current CRM integration; we will confirm the right approach for another system.

What does the team review before work is used?

Your team reviews the sources, assumptions, gaps, recommendations and finished output. Nothing goes to a client or updates a connected system without the review built into that workflow.

Can we start with one search or one workflow?

Yes. Most firms start with one live mandate and the piece of work that costs the team the most time, then expand after they have judged the output.

Bring one live mandate.

Choose the part of the search that costs your team the most time. Kaiya will prepare the first version for your team to review.