Ask anyone—or even ChatGPT—to describe the typical board member, and the likely answer would be someone over the age of 50 with an extensive résumé and perhaps some C-suite experience.
That answer isn’t wrong, but it isn’t the only criteria to make someone a successful director. Some organizations are now tapping members of Generation Z, generally defined as those born around 1997 or later, to take a seat in the boardroom.
