Most healthcare leaders have achieved the chronological status of being older than 45. Many staff are younger. As those of us beyond the critical value can attest, younger professionals are comfortable with and utilize a broad range of methods to exchange ideas. These approaches generally use brevity, and acronymic language. Critical thinking skills in healthcare, difficult to teach in the best of circumstances, become challenging when we think about the cross-generational cultural divide. This program will address the communication preferences and styles of our younger staff and recommend methods to teaching time honored critical thinking skills to a new generation.