Builder. Writer. Systems thinker.

Personal Site Of David Mitchell.

Long-form essays, writing updates, MBA sketchnotes, and practical business resources live together.

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Current focus areas

Fiction and nonfiction

Monthly updates on novels, editing progress, and publishing experiments.

MBA Essentials

Sketchnotes and practical summaries designed to compress an MBA into something usable.

Business resources

Tools, frameworks, and notes for small business operators and technical leaders.

Writing

Projects in motion

Track current novels, nonfiction work, and the release cadence behind them.

Business

Useful over theoretical

Collected resources for operators, builders, and leaders working with limited time.

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Technology, outdoors, leadership, family life, and the mix of interests behind the site.

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Fresh thinking from the archive

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Performing as a Team

The best place to be as a team is in the performing stage. What are some of the benefits and what are the attitudes in this stage.

The value of an MBA

If an MBA is a dime a dozen, then what is the value of an MBA?

Personal KPIs

Goals should be a continual part of life and help us enjoy it, not be a source of guilt.

Best Pratices for the Storming Stage

The first stage of team develpoment is storming and there are things we can do within this stage which can set us up for success in future stages.

Perceptions

Our perceptions limit others and ourselves in others desires to change.

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