Original thinking in HR
How can you increase well-being, become more creative and avoid stress?
How do we create a working life where people thrive, think new things and have the energy to contribute – without creativity becoming yet another requirement on top of an already stressful everyday life?
In this webinar, you are invited to a conversation with management researcher, PhD, author and speaker Karsten Mellon based on his new book “Original Thinking”. The book is about how we can avoid stress, become happier and create better conditions for innovative thinking – also in working life.
For HR and People professionals, the question is particularly relevant – how can we support organizations where creativity, well-being and mental sustainability are not in conflict with each other, but become part of the overall employee experience?
In the webinar we will dive into, among other things:
- What works when people and organizations need to think new ways
- How HR can work with frameworks, culture and everyday practices
- How to make it easier to get good ideas, conserve energy and avoid unnecessary pressure
- Perspectives, concepts and inspiration to think differently about HR's role in working with well-being, creativity and stress prevention
- And much, much more…
You should attend this webinar if you:
- Want inspiration on how original thinking can be understood in an HR context?
- Want to strengthen creativity and innovation in your organization?
- Will contribute to well-being, job satisfaction and sustainable working life
- Want to create better conditions for you and your colleagues to dare to think, speak and act differently
The webinar is relevant for all HR and People professionals, Business Partners, managers, work environment or well-being managers, Learning & Development - and everyone in between, who work with and to create better employee experiences in organizations.
The webinar will not be recorded.
About the book “Original Thinking” by Karsten Mellon
With both humor, research and reflection, Karsten Mellon examines the different stages of thinking and shows examples of how to think originally, who has already done it, who can do it - and what it takes to be original.
Buy the book Original Thinking by Karsten Mellon with an exclusive NOCA discount
If you would also like to learn even more about how to become an original, you can now buy Karsten Mellon's book "Original Thinking" with a 20% discount by using the code ORIGINAL2026 when you buy the book at Saxo.
Order your copy at Saxo.com HERE
The discount code is valid for 3 days from the webinar date, September 15, 2026.
About the speaker:
Karsten Mellon , PhD, management researcher, associate professor, author and lecturer
Karsten Mellon is a PhD, MSc and MPO as well as a management researcher, author and lecturer. He works particularly with management, organization, psychology, learning and companionship, and is known – and recognized – for communicating research-based knowledge in a lively, humorous and thought-provoking way. Karsten is an external associate professor in management at Aalborg University and the University of Southern Denmark and teaches management at Copenhagen University College. In addition, he is a member of Djøf's management policy panel. Karsten has an extensive writing career behind him , and has published a number of books on management, organization, psychology and working life – including What is management? Before, now and in the future , Enthusiasm , Humility in leadership , Courage in leadership , Pissedårlig leadership and Social constructionism – leadership and organization . In 2026, his newest book Original thinking was published.
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