Re­flec­tions: sup­port­ing mean­ing­ful con­ver­sa­tions about Nor­d­ic Nine in teach­ing

The Reflections toolkit has been developed to support exactly that work. Through dialogue based tools – the Reflections cards and now a new digital Reflections Custom bot – CBS offers faculty concrete ways to interact with Nordic Nine, individually or together with colleagues.  Over the past six years, Nordic Nine has moved from strategy to practice at CBS. Many teachers have integrated the capabilities into teaching activities, cases and assessments, and many students now recognise Nordic Nine as part of what CBS stands for. 

At the same time, Nordic Nine is not something we “implement once”. It is something we continuously interpret and translate as disciplines evolve, student needs shift and the conditions for teaching change. Especially at a time when many programmes and courses are being reviewed and re-designed,the question becomes less whether we work with Nordic Nine, and more how we keep working with it in meaningful, academically grounded and pedagogically relevant ways. 

The Reflections toolkit is about supporting the many colleagues who are already doing the work, and making it easier to continue, share and develop it. 

From reflection cards to digital dialogue 
In 2025, the Reflections cards were launched as an analogue toolkit designed to support the teaching community in developing learning activities that help students work with complex problems with a positive future in mind. Each card represents one of the Nordic Nine capabilities and invites reflection on how it can be meaningfully integrated into teaching and learning. 
See and download The Reflections cards here. 

Building on the same idea, a digital tool has now been developed to support this work in a different format. This custom bot does not replace the cards, but extends the idea of The Reflections into a digital, dialogic space that allows teachers and researchers to interact with Nordic Nine through conversation and reflection. 

Why a bot? 
The bot is a digital complement to the Reflections cards. Where the cards often work best as a shared artefact in workshops and collective course development, the bot is designed for individual use, as a readily available sparring partner when a syllabus is being revised, an exam question reviewed or a teaching activity developed.  

The Nordic Nine Reflections is trained on Nordic Nine materials, pedagogical principles and CBS’ disciplinary breadth, and is designed to think with the user, not instead of them. It’s intended use is to support teachers and researchers in connecting existing materials with Nordic Nine, and in developingor revising activities, assignments and reflection prompts.  

Throughout, the bot foregrounds disciplinary rigor first, with Nordic Nine as a reflective lens rather than a checklist. 

Nordic Nine is a cornerstone of CBS’ educational strategy and a key element in how CBS positions itself as a business university with a strong societal mission. The bot is a modest tool, but it builds on a strong conviction: that reflection, dialogue and critical questioning are central capabilities for students and for educators alike. 

Nordic Nine is something CBS can be proud of. The Reflections toolkit is one way of continuing the conversation.