Att vara deltagare, inte presentatör
There's something freeing about attending a conference when you're not performing at it. We moved through the halls of Kistamässan with curiosity rather than nervousness, catching sessions on AI in the classroom, digital equity, and what Nordic school systems might look like in ten years. Several talks stopped us in our tracks — not because they gave us answers, but because they sharpened our questions.
That feeling — of productive uncertainty — is actually very close to what our project is trying to cultivate in school leaders. Scenario thinking isn't about having a plan; it's about being alert enough to make good decisions when the unexpected arrives.
What caught our attention
Generative AI was everywhere — as a topic, a tool, a source of both excitement and anxiety. We heard teachers describe using AI to personalise feedback at scale. We heard school leaders talk about the impossible challenge of setting policy for a technology that changes faster than any policy process.
That resonated. In our project workshops, school leaders across Norway, Sweden and Iceland have said much the same thing: what staff and pupils need most is not certainty, but leaders who can navigate uncertainty without pretending it doesn't exist.