Better to Speak of It focuses on core management and personal values in collaboration with Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall. The book offers specific, first-hand experiences from the leaders of key nonprofit, corporate, educational, and cultural institutions, including the New York City Department of Education, Museum of Modern Art, New York Public Library, and The Juilliard School, as well as major performing artists such as Joyce DiDonato, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jessye Norman, and Michael Tilson Thomas. It also examines pervasive management practices that can all too easily lead to stagnation and failure: particularly relevant in times like these when whim often leads to decree.