TNL Mediagene subsidiary Infobahn has formed a partnership with Miro, the AI-powered innovation workspace company, to offer organizational design and human resource development services to enterprise clients in Japan. The deal, announced August 4, 2026, combines Infobahn's 28 years of design thinking and consulting expertise with Miro's visual collaboration platform, now augmented with AI features such as MCP integration and multi-modal capabilities.
Infobahn, a Tokyo-based digital studio under TNL Mediagene, serves leading Japanese companies and multinational corporations. The partnership integrates Infobahn's design methods - including service design, vision design, insight exploration, and prototyping - onto Miro's AI-driven workspace. This allows clients to use the platform for real-time collaboration and consensus-building in organizational transformation projects.
Partnership details
The collaboration targets a growing demand. "Organizational transformation in the age of AI has become a critical challenge in Japan as well," said Motoko Imada, CEO of TNL Mediagene. "We believe this will increase the opportunities to prove that our design methods are effective not only for services and products but also for organizations."
Brigid Archibald, Head of JAPAC at Miro, said, "Based on infobahn's extensive experience in enterprise consulting, its long-standing expertise in design thinking and organizational transformation, and its track record with leading Japanese companies, we have decided to enter into a partnership in Japan."
The agreement supports TNL Mediagene's strategy to expand AI-powered services within its digital studio business, which represented the company's largest revenue segment in fiscal 2025. The company began offering AI-driven services in that segment in the fourth quarter of 2025.
What Miro brings
Miro, trusted by over 250,000 enterprise customers, provides an AI-first canvas that connects teams. Its capabilities include MCP integration - a standard for connecting AI with external tools - allowing the platform to integrate securely with various external services without needing custom development for each system.
Why this matters for HR professionals
For HR leaders in Japan and beyond, this partnership offers a concrete way to apply design thinking and AI tools to organizational design and talent development. Rather than relying on generic HR software, companies can now use Miro's collaborative workspace combined with Infobahn's structured methods to redesign workflows, align teams, and build internal capabilities for the AI era. HR professionals responsible for organizational transformation should watch how this model evolves, as it may set a template for blending human-centered design with AI. For those building AI strategies in HR functions, resources like AI for Human Resources can provide further guidance.
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