Joceline Yong is a Senior Behavioural Analyst at Canvas8 based in Singapore. She holds a BA in Psychology from Yale-NUS College and is currently pursuing a Master's in Applied Social Science Research. She has strong experience in applying behavioural science across tech, healthcare, and the public sector, and enjoys bringing structure to chaos. Outside of work, she can be found social dancing, wandering through flower gardens, and escaping into fictional worlds.

The past decade has seen political polarisation – accelerated by social media’s filter bubbles and echo chambers – deepen and mutate. An ominous era of a polycrisis has shattered any remaining societal consensus. Meanwhile, powerful anti-establishment voices have stepped into the void.

Polarised Populations

As the new post-pandemic normal settles in and people adapt to a context of uncertainty, constant adversities, and pessimism, we are moving away from a moment in which consumers expected brands to rise up to society's challenges and into one when they’re demanding genuine allyship from businesses.

Shared Values

Gen Z (born 1997-2010)

Germany

Work

Citizenship

Young Germans are reversing the decades-long trend of declining union membership and turning to industrial action to cope with economic and workplace challenges. It's a sign of how people are seeking anchors and communities to cope with problems that are too big to solve at an individual level.