Cocreating a Health-Promoting Workplace

Abstract

Managing well-being at work has so far been quite fragmented, and we do not currently have a well-defined holistic method for promoting health and well-being at work. We present a cocreation method, a comprehensive tool to enable organizations to do this. The TEDI cocreation method is based on the salutogenic approach to health promotion, positive organizational scholarship, and a solution-based way of acting. The cocreation is founded on participation, commitment, and empowerment. When piloting this method, well-being at work was seen broadly. Everyone's participation enabled finding the most relevant and possible development actions. This method also made positive aspects of well-being at work visible. The TEDI cocreation method is a management tool for overseeing the promotion of health and well-being in its entirety, thus achieving productive and sustainable development in the organization.