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Among the more provocative statements made about the differences in generational outlook this week is today’s conversation with Chuck Underwood about the shift of power happening at this moment in time. This is a profound—and rare—movement of power from one generation to the next.  The mostly-white, mostly-male Silent Generation is moving away from the helm, and the Baby Boomers are coming into their own as leaders in virtually every aspect of American life.

The Boomers will be the first generation of American leaders who will benefit from the inclusion of women and people of color to the mix—and within three years, says Chuck, they will be instilling their values throughout American business, sports, philanthropy, politics, entertainment and research.  Their approach will be drastically different from that of the Silent Generation.  It turns out that the kids who brought the women’s movement, the civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, and the anti-war movement to the  consciousness of the nation have in their generational DNA “every key quality for brilliant, ethical, compassionate leadership”.