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This lecture will be held in physical format at the CCSS Living Room (Min. 4.16) with lunch and refreshments provided. The overarching topic of the CCSS Lunch Meetings of the academic year 2025/2026 is Tipping behavior in Natural and Societal Systems.

Speaker Overview
 is an independent adviser in New Economic and Complexity Thinking, a visiting lecturer at several universities including the ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� of Utrecht, and an external member of CCSS. Through the Rethink Lab, she helps organisations reimagine how they navigate complexity and build a sustainable future. She brings more than twenty years of international experience in strategy and management across multiple sectors.

Lecture Overview
Since Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and Gartner’s adoption curve, many have come to see social transitions as sudden leaps—from state A to state B(etter). But is that really how change works? And what are the risks of imagining it that way? Ammy explores the mind traps shaping today’s understanding of change—especially the belief that sustainability means reaching a “better” end state. Complexity offers another view: sustainability lies in our capacity to adapt and evolve, balancing stability and change. What can nature teach us about transformation—and how might we interpret those lessons? We may not have all the answers, but perhaps our greatest contribution is helping society change how it sees change itself.

There will be 45-min lecture from the speaker, followed by a 15-min discussion session.

To attend the lecture, please signup below before 15:00 on Wednesday November 12.