AI: The Revolution of Human Connection
20 years! It’s been 20 years since Balance Innovation was founded. Still trying to get my head around that. Happy Anniversary, Balance!
Foresight: Creating Strategies for an Uncertain Future.
As we gear up for another year, it’s natural to wonder what lies ahead.
Harnessing Fresh Minds: How to Kickstart the New Year with a Creative Workshop
As the new year is upon us, it’s time to allow ourselves to step back, reflect, and prepare for 2024.
Ditch the Script: Using Conversational Interviews to Drive Innovation
The insights uncovered in the early stage interviews of our research form the foundation of our decision-making process throughout a project.
Balance Innovation Framework Overview
In this article, we'll explore the tenets of the Balance Innovation Framework and how it can help you identify the most promising opportunities for innovation.
Designing Ethical AI with Carol Smith
Artificial Intelligence is often given a bad rap. Host, Jonathan Morgan, discusses the role of ethics in technology, and more specifically, what it means to create Ethical Artificial Intelligence.
GE CYNC is an IDEA Silver Award Winner!
The multi-year CYNC product line collaboration between Balance Innovation and GE Lighting, a Savant company, has resulted in a Silver award in the annual International Design Excellence Awards!
Information to Understanding with Stephen P. Anderson
Our world is filled with information. It’s all around us. It’s everything we see, feel, hear, smell, touch, and taste.
Design Everywhere Podcast Wins Prestigious Vega Award!
Congrats to our very own Jon Morgan and the team at Evergreen Podcasts for winning a prestigious Vega Award for the brilliant podcast Design Everywhere.
Client Congrats: Findaway Acquired by Spotify and Playaway Products Acquired by Penguin Random House!
Congratulations to our client of more than 15 years, Findaway, who was recently acquired by Spotify!
Prototyping Experiences with Wendy Ju
How does a drone become a drone? Prototyping… where thinking becomes doing. Discover some of the tools, methods, and disciplines behind prototyping in this episode.
Brainstorming is Bad for Business with Drew Boyd
The idea of putting a bunch of intellectuals in a room to throw out ideas like Don Draper in an episode of Mad Men is a thing of the past.
The Freedom of Focus with Indi Young
Host and human-centered designer Jonathan Morgan invites researcher, Indi Young, author and co-founder of Adaptive Path, to discuss the concept of focus.
Balance Founder Rene Polin Selected as one of the 100+ Latinos Cleveland Must Know, 2021
Each year, Balance is certified by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) as an official minority business enterprise (MBE).
Design Is Everywhere with Karl Fast
In this introductory episode of Design Everywhere, host and human-centered designer Jonathan Morgan invites guest, Karl Fast, author and Director of Information Architecture at Normative Design in Toronto, to discuss the new reality of design.
TEDx Talk with Founder Rene Polin | From spider webs to elevators: leveraging biomimicry
Balance Innovation founder Rene Polin & PhD Candidate Daphne Fecheyr share their successful work in taking cues from the natural world to solve complex industrial design problems.