Arne Carlsen

Arne Carlsen is Professor at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at BI Norwegian Business School. Arne earned his PHD at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and was previously a Senior Scientist at SINTEF Technology and Society. He has initiated and managed a series of large applied research projects and interacted closely with over 50 organizations on matters of organizational change, knowledge creation, human growth and idea work. For the past six years he has worked with explorers of hydrocarbon resources.

Arne regularly publishes in top international outlets. He has co-chaired sub-themes and workshops at EGOS, APROS and AOM and has reviewer experience from most leading organization science journals. His latest books are Idea Work, co-edited with Stewart Clegg and Reidar Gjersvik, and Research Alive, co-edited with Jane Dutton.

Research areas

Arne's research deals with issues of individual and collective human growth in organizations. He has published in journals, books and handbooks about knowledge management, pofessional service work, identity formation, organizational becoming, hope, wonder and positive organizational change. Arne currently writes about idea work, imagination in hydrocarbon exploration, positive identity construction, what makes projects inspiring and the phenomenology and practice of wonder. He is an active participant in the tradition of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Much of his work also reflects a broad interest in practice theory, narrative psychology, strands of linguistic philosophy and classical pragmatism.

Teaching areas

Change management Managing for excellence Positive organizational scholarship Idea work and organizational creativity Research methods

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2005 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Ph.D.
• 1988 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Master of Science

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2015 - Present Management Learning, Sage Associate Editor
• 2014 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2012 - 2014 BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
• 2009 - 2011 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture Post Doc (50%)
• 1999 - 2011 SINTEF Technology and Society Senior Scientist
• 1997 - 2011 SINTEF Indistrial Management Senior Scientist
• 2007 - 2008 NTNU, Center for studies of Radical Organizational Change (CROC) Senior Researcher (25%)
• 1998 - 1999 ViewTech US Market Representative
• 1997 - 1998 SRI International, Business Intelligence Centre Research Fellow
• 1992 - 1997 SINTEF Industrial Development Head of section
• 1989 - 1992 SINTEF Industrial Development Research Scientist

CHAPTERS

Dysvik, Anders; Carlsen, Arne; Škerlavaj, Miha. 

Rings of fire: Training for systems thinking and broadened impact. I: The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Training and Employee Development. Cambridge University Press 2017 ISBN 9781316091067. p. 471-494 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Når det synger i livsnerven: Motivasjon i organisasjoner fra et narrativt perspektiv. I: Produktiv motivasjon i arbeidslivet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2016 ISBN 9788202394738. p. 214-232 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Välikangas, Liisa. 

Creativity that works: implementing discovery. I: Capitalizing on creativity at work: Fostering the implementation of creative ideas in organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing 2016 ISBN 9781783476497. p. 141-152 BI

Černe, Matej; Carlsen, Arne; Škerlavaj, Miha; Dysvik, Anders. 

Capitalizing on creativity: on enablers and barriers. I: Capitalizing on creativity at work: Fostering the implementation of creative ideas in organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing 2016 ISBN 9781783476497. p. 1-13 BI

Škerlavaj, Miha; Dysvik, Anders; Černe, Matej; Carlsen, Arne. 

Succeeding with capitalizing on creativity: an integrative framework. I: Capitalizing on creativity at work: Fostering the implementation of creative ideas in organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing 2016 ISBN 9781783476497. p. 335-344 BI

Bjørkeng, Kjersti; Carlsen, Arne; Rhodes, Carl. 

Between the Saying and the Said: From Self-reflexivity to Other-vulnerability in The Research Process. I: Language and Communication at Work: Discourse, Narrativity, and Organizing (Perspectives on Process Organization Studies). Oxford University Press 2014 ISBN 9780198703082. p. 327-350 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Craving wonder. Why burning questions of a dipmeter log, caring for the client and dwelling on the 9/11 memorial ground have the same origin. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 70-83 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Double rapid prototyping. How Magnus learned to beat the big fat cats, and why he fears becoming one. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 138-153 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Generative resistance. How constraints and opposition can inspire your best ideas. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 170-185 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Introduction. Why talk about idea work, and what does it matter?. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 12-38 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Introduksjon. Hvorfor snakke om idéarbeid, og hva betyr det?. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 12-38 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Prototyping. Hvordan Magnus lærte å slå de store fete kattene, og hvorfor han frykter å bli en selv. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 138-154 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Skapende motstand. Hvordan begrensninger, tvil og kritikk kan inspirere dine beste ideer. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 170-185 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Undring. Hvorfor brennende spørsmål om en dipmeterlogg, omsorg for klienten og dveling ved minnesmerket for 9/11 har den samme kilden. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 70-84 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim. 

Activating drama. What's at stake?. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 86-102 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim. 

Drama. Hva står på spill?. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 86-102 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim. 

Zoome ut. Hvordan det store bildet former dine ideer. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 54-69 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim. 

Zooming out. Why seeing the big picture matters to your ideas. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 54-69 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Getting physical. What is it with those sketches, and why are pin-ups must-haves in idea work?. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 120-137 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Gjøre det fysisk. Hva er det med skisser, og hvorfor er pin-ups noe du bare må ha i idéarbeid?. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 120-137 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Gjersvik, Reidar; Clegg, Stewart R.. 

Daring to imagine. How great ideas result from cutting into the rock, celebrating your dusters, and cheerleading. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 104-119 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Gjersvik, Reidar; Clegg, Stewart R.. 

Veivising. Hvordan verdifulle ideer kommer fra å skjære seg inn i fjellet, feire sine "dusters"og cheerleading. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 104-119 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Hagen, Aina Landsverk; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Frigjørende latter. Hvordan leken energi og humor åpner opp folk, situasjoner og ideer. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 156-189 BI HIOA

Carlsen, Arne; Hagen, Aina Landsverk; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Liberating laughter. How playfull energy and humor opens up situations, people and ideas. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 156-169 BI HIOA

Carlsen, Arne; Sandelands, Lloyd. 

Living ideas at work. I: Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Innovation. Edward Elgar Publishing 2012 ISBN 978-184980-257-4. p. 219-236 BI

Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim; Carlsen, Arne; Bygdås, Arne Lindseth; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Prepping. Hvorfor alle organisasjoner burde ha en onkel Sam. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 40-53 BI HIOA SINTEF

Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim; Carlsen, Arne; Bygdås, Arne Lindseth; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Prepping. Why every organization should have an Uncle Sam. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 40-53 BI HIOA SINTEF

Rudningen, Gudrun Larsgard; Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Punk production. Just do it - yourself!. I: Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9. p. 186-200 BI HIOA

Rudningen, Gudrun Larsgard; Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stuart; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Punk. Bare gjør det - sjøl!. I: Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4. p. 186-200 BI HIOA

Carlsen, Arne. 

Doubting Thomas - seeds of wonder. I: Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Copenhagen Business School Press 2011 ISBN 978-8763002417. p. 34-36 NTNU SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Dutton, Jane E.. 

Come Alive!. I: Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Copenhagen Business School Press 2011 ISBN 978-8763002417. p. 236-246 NTNU SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Dutton, Jane E.. 

Research alive. The call for generativity. I: Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Copenhagen Business School Press 2011 ISBN 978-8763002417. p. 12-24 NTNU SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Dutton, Jane E.. 

Seeing, feeling, daring, interrelating and playing: Exploring themes in generative moments. I: Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Copenhagen Business School Press 2011 ISBN 978-8763002417. p. 214-235 NTNU SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim; Hagen, Aina Landsverk. 

Imagining hope in organizations. From individual goal attainment to horizons of relational possibility. I: The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Oxford University Press 2011 ISBN 978-0199734610. p. 288-303 NTNU SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne. 

After James on identity. I: The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies. Oxford University Press 2009 ISBN 978-0-19-953523-1. p. 421-443 SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Pitsis, Tyrone S.. 

Experiencing hope in organizational lives. I: Exploring positive identities and organizations. Building a theoretical and research foundation. Routledge 2009 ISBN 978-1-84169-764-2. p. 77-98 SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Pitsis, Tyrone S.. 

Projects for life. Building narrative capital for positive organizational change. I: The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behavior, Vol 2: Macro Approaches. Sage Publications 2009 ISBN 978-1-4129-3427-5. p. 456-477 NTNU SINTEF

Bjørkeng, Kjersti; Carlsen, Arne. 

Managing knowledge. I: Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. Sage Publications 2008 ISBN 978-0761943891. p. 371-371 SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Mortensen, Tord; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Exploring exploration creativity. I: Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. Sage Publications 2008 ISBN 978-0761943891. p. 404-405 SINTEF

Klev, Roger; Carlsen, Arne. 

Enkel kompleksitet? Dilemma-fortellinger som stabiliserende grenseobjekt i kunnskapsintensivt arbeid. I: Faglighet og tverrfaglighet i den nye kunnskapsøkonomien. Tapir Akademisk Forlag 2008 ISBN 978-82-519-2339-2. p. 157-177 NTNU SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne; Mantere, Saku. 

Pragmatism. I: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. Sage Publications 2007 ISBN 9781412915151. p. 1298-1301 SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne. 

Ambivalent laughter. On the seriousness of authoring identities in organizations. I: APROS 11: Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies 11th International Colloquium. : Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies 2006 ISBN 192116638X. p. 399-412 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Doing knowledge dramas: the Battle, the Mission, the Mystery, the Deep Play and the Carnival. I: Living Knowledge. The dynamics of profession service work. : palgrave macmillan 2004 ISBN 1403920605. p. 40-66 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne; Klev, Roger; Von Krogh, Georg. 

Living knowledge: Foundations and framework. I: Living Knowledge. The dynamics of profession service work. : palgrave macmillan 2004 ISBN 1403920605. p. 1-19 NTNU

Håkonsen, Grete; Carlsen, Arne. 

Communities and activity systems in knowledge-intensive firms. I: Intelligent Management in the Knowledge Economy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar 2003 ISBN 1-84376-471-7. NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Når vi forfatter fremtiden. Fortellingens rolle i strategisk endring. I: Hatling, M. (red.) Fortellingens Fortrylling, Fortuna Forlag. : [Mangler utgivernavn] 2001 p. 87-109 SINTEF

Wenstøp, Fred; Carlsen, Arne; Bergland, Olvar; Magnus, Per; Clímaco, J.. 

Valuation of Public Goods with Expert Panels. I: Multicriteria Analysis. : Springer-Verlag 1997 p. 539-548 NMBU

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Carlsen, Arne; Dysvik, Anders; Škerlavaj, Miha. 

Growing Givers at Work: A Systems Approach to Prosocial Agency. POS Research Incubator; 2017-10-19 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Välikangas, Liisa. 

Spitting in the salad. Minor rebellion as institutional agency. 9th International Process Symposium; 2017-06-21 - 2017-06-24 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Rhodes, Carl. 

Transgressing the researcher/practitioner distinction: On other-vulnerability and triadic relationships. In G. Sharma, T. Bensal and S. Bertels (organizers): Presenter Symposium (RM/BPS/MOT): Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Moving Beyond Why to How.. Academy of Management 2016; 2016-08-05 - 2016-08-09 BI

Dutton, Jane E.; Carlsen, Arne. 

Being Generative: Teaching about Relationships and Teaching Relationship Courses. Academy of Management 2016; 2016-08-06 - 2016-08-06 BI

Espedal, Gry; Carlsen, Arne. 

Don't pass them by. Figuring the sacred in institutional value work.. 11th Organization Studies Summer Workshop: Spirituality, Symbolism and Storytelling; 2016-05-19 - 2016-05-21 BI VID

Carlsen, Arne. 

Dynamics of idea work – A practice approach to creativity in projects and everyday work. In Panel symposium: The Dynamics of Practice: Practising Strategizing and Project Managing. Academy of Management Annual Meeting; 2015-08-07 - 2015-08-11 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Kvalnes, Øyvind. 

Lightness of radical change: On the positive transformation of a nursing home. Academy of Management Annual Meeting; 2015-08-07 - 2015-08-11 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Mantere, Saku. 

Virtues of micromanagement. How leaders grow through discipline. Seventh International Symposium on Process Organization Studies; 2015-06-24 - 2015-06-27 BI

Kvalnes, Øyvind; Carlsen, Arne. 

"What's a good life for you here?": Leadership as moral inquiry. International Leadership Association's 17th Annual Global Conference; 2015-10-14 - 2015-10-17 BI

Välikangas, Liisa; Carlsen, Arne. 

Real play: Innovation as imagining in four acts. 10 th Organization Studies Summer Workshop and Special Issue Organizational Creativity, Play and Entrepreneurship; 2015-05-21 - 2015-05-23 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Välikangas, Liisa. 

Purposive imagination: Knowledge vectors, threshold experiences and strategic experimentation in growth of new business. Strategic Management Society (SMS) 34th Annual International Conference; 2014-09-23 - 2014-09-25 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Naar, Liisa. 

Why "idea work"? Recovering imagination asintertextual, affective, material and controversial. APROS 2013; 2013-02-15 - 2013-02-17 BI

Bjørkeng, Kjersti; Carlsen, Arne; Rhodes, Carl. 

Inter-viewing. From self-reflexivity to Other-vulnerability and joint wonder. 4th International Process Symposium; 2012-06-21 - 2012-06-23 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne. 

From prepping and prototyping to wonder and punk: What does extraordinary idea work look like?. Strategy Research Colloquium; 2012-11-29 - 2012-11-29 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Jane, Dutton. 

Unleashing Generativity: Moments of Aliveness, Inspiration and Imagination in Qualitative Research. Academy of Management; 2010-08-07 - 2010-08-07 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne; Lloyd, Sandelands. 

Flying with the birds. The gift of wonder and the aesthetics of ideas. Paper presented at the Critical Management Studies workshop on Theology and Organization. Academy of Management Meetings, Montreal. Academy of Management Conference; 2010-08-04 - 2010-08-06 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim. 

From dusters to play openers. Ideas of hope. In K. Krauss and C. Wu (organizers), ‘The will and the way: New insights into the workings of hope in Organizations’. Symposia (OB/MOC) at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal. Academy of Management Conference; 2010-08-10 - 2010-08-10 NTNU UiO

Bjørkeng, Kjersti; Carlsen, Arne. 

Six directors in search of a story. Learning from learning histories in a communication agency. APROS 11; 2005-12-04 - 2005-12-07 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Ambivalent laughter. On the seriousness of authoring identities in organisations. APROS 11; 2005-12-04 - 2005-12-07 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Becoming, authoring, dramatizing: The importance of key gerunds in organizational change processes, with examples. Prøveforelesning; 2005-09-19 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Levende kunnskap. Grenseobjekter, aktivitetssystemer og drama i kunnskapsarbeid. Mastergradskurs i Human Resource Management; 2005-11-25 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Service partnerships reconsidered. What are the alternatives to opportunism?. Nordic Service Conference; 2005-10-26 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne; Gjersvik, Reidar; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Mortensen, Tord. 

Archetypes of activity sysems in professional service work. 21st EGOS conference; 2005-06-30 - 2006-07-02 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

På vei mot et utviklingsperspektiv for identitet: Hva betyr det for praktisk arbeid i organisasjoner. Fagseminar i prosjektet Kunne Balanse; 2004-05-26 - 2004-05-26 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Acts of Becoming. Identity Work as Playful Knowing and Enactment of Drama. EGOS Conference; European Group for Organizational Studies; 2002-07-07 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne; Håkonsen, Grete. 

The Dialogic Imagination of Practice. On Formation of Collective Meaning in Organizations. 3rd European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities; 2002-04-07 NTNU

Carlsen, Steinar; Johnsen, Svein G.; Jørgensen, Håvard D.; Coll, Gunnar J.; Mæhle, Asbjørn; Carlsen, Arne; Hatling, Morten. 

Knowledge Reactivation Mediated through Knowledge Carriers. MICT'99 - Management of Information and Communication Technology; 1999 NTNU

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Carlsen, Arne; Arnulf, Jan Ketil; Zhao, Weitao. 

Inviting Wonder in Organization: Tiger, Sandstone, Horror, Snowball. Management and Organization Review 2017 ;Volume 13.(3) p. 675-685 BI

van Iterson, Ad; Clegg, Stewart R.; Carlsen, Arne. 

Ideas are feelings first: epiphanies in everyday workplace creativity. M@n@gement 2017 ;Volume 20.(3) p. 221-238 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

On the tacit side of organizational identity: Narrative unconscious and figured practice. Culture and Organization 2016 ;Volume 22.(2) p. 107-135 BI

Aarrestad, Martine; Brøndbo, Marthe Turnes; Carlsen, Arne. 

When Stakes are High and Guards are Low: High-quality Connections in Knowledge Creation. Knowledge and Process Management 2015 ;Volume 22.(2) p. 88-98 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Sandelands, Lloyd. 

First passion: Wonder in organizational inquiry. Management Learning 2015 ;Volume 46.(4) p. 373-390 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Rudningen, Gudrun Larsgard; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim. 

Playing the cards: Using collaborative artefacts with thin categories to make research co-generative. Journal of management inquiry 2014 ;Volume 23.(3) p. 294-313 BI HIOA UiO

Lloyd, Sandelands; Carlsen, Arne. 

Wonder divine. At end but ever new. Theology and Science 2013 ;Volume 11.(3) p. 304-316 BI NTNU SINTEF

Sandelands, Lloyd; Carlsen, Arne. 

The romance of wonder in organization studies. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion 2013 ;Volume 10.(4) p. 358-379 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Positive dramas. Enacting self-adventures in organizations. Journal of Positive Psychology 2008 ;Volume 3.(1) p. 55-75 BI SINTEF

Carlsen, Arne. 

Organizational becoming as dialogic imagination of practice: The case of the indomitable gauls. Organization science (Providence, R.I.) 2006 ;Volume 17.(1) p. 132-149 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Only when I laugh? Notes on the becoming interview. Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice 2005 ;Volume 11.(3) p. 239-255 NTNU

Carlsen, Arne. 

Utvikling og strategivalg i Comrod. Fra jordbruksredskaper til fiskestenger til fiberkompositter. Praktisk økonomi & ledelse 1994 ;Volume 10.(3) p. 117-122 BI SINTEF

Strand, Jon; Carlsen, Arne; Wenstøp, Fred. 

Implicit Environmental Costs in Hydroelectric Development: An Analysis of the Norwegian Master Plan for Water Resources. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 1993 ;Volume 25.(03) p. 201-2011 BI UiO

BOOKS

Škerlavaj, Miha; Černe, Matej; Dysvik, Anders; Carlsen, Arne. 

Capitalizing on creativity at work: Fostering the implementation of creative ideas in organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing 2016 (ISBN 9781783476497) 356 p. BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Idea work. Lessons of the extraordinary in everyday creativity. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 (ISBN 978-82-02-40337-9) 203 p. BI

Carlsen, Arne; Clegg, Stewart R.; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Idea work. Om profesjonell kreativitet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 (ISBN 978-82-02-39468-4) 203 p. BI

Carlsen, Arne; Dutton, Jane E.. 

Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Copenhagen Business School Press 2011 (ISBN 978-8763002417) 300 p. NTNU

Carlsen, Arne; Klev, Roger; Von Krogh, Georg. 

Living Knowledge. The dynamics of profession service work. : palgrave macmillan 2004 (ISBN 1403920605) 236 p. NTNU

Carlsen, Arne; Klev, Roger; Von Krogh, Georg. 

Living knowledge. The dynamics of professional service work. Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 2004 250 p. NTNU

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Carlsen, Arne; Škerlavaj, Miha; Dysvik, Anders. 

Virtual special issue: Good organization in Management Learning. Management Learning 2016 BI

Pileberg, Silje; Carlsen, Arne. 

Dei gode ideane. Forskerforum [Journal] 2015-02-04 BI

Weinreb, Gali; Carlsen, Arne. 

Hva undrer du deg over?. Globes [Newspaper] 2015-04-16 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Jakter på idéresept. Dagens Næringsliv [Newspaper] 2013-01-21 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Kreativitet i arbeidslivet. NRK P2, Ekko [Radio] 2013-02-14 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Kreativitet som lagsport. VG Helg [Newspaper] 2013-01-26 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Ledelse av idéarbeid. Ukeavisen Ledelse [Newspaper] 2013-02-22 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Profesjonell kreativitet. NRK P1, Kveldsåpent [Radio] 2013-02-12 BI

Carlsen, Arne; Gjersvik, Reidar. 

Sagt om Idea Work. Dagens næringsliv 2013 (22. januar) BI

Kvalnes, Øyvind; Carlsen, Arne. 

Godt jobba!. Dagens næringsliv 2013 (27. mai) BI

Gjesdal, Trine; Carlsen, Arne; Landsverk Hagen, Aina. 

Fandenivoldsk idéarbeid. Forskning og utvikling, bilag til Dagens Næringsliv [Newspaper] 2010-12-13 NTNU UiO

Stoltenberg, Kristin; Carlsen, Arne; Mortensen, Tord Fagerheim. 

Seriøs kreativitet. Aftenpostens A-Magasin [Newspaper] 2010-09-13 NTNU UiO

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Dysvik, Anders; Carlsen, Arne; Škerlavaj, Miha. 

Gull i gode relasjoner. Kapital 2016 ;Volume 2016.(15) BI

Dysvik, Anders; Carlsen, Arne; Škerlavaj, Miha. 

Gull i gode relasjoner. BI Leadership Magazine 2016 p. 6-7 BI

Dysvik, Anders; Carlsen, Arne; Škerlavaj, Miha. 

Gull i gode relasjoner. BI Business Review 2016 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Skap drama på jobben (gjestekommentar). Kapital 2013 (15) p. 115-115 BI

Carlsen, Arne. 

Tegn på god praksis. Om å blåse liv i utviklingsarbeid. Bedre Skole 2004 ;Volume 4.(3) p. 57-61 SINTEF