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.

About

A broader profile

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

Recent posts

Fresh thinking from the archive

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Design Thinking

The need for people good at design, project management and architecture is always going to be there, no matter where developers are located.

Bad Employees

Most everybody wants to do a good job

Bad Bosses

There really are very few bad bosses out there.

Academic vs Business

Just because the two sides are focused on different things, it doesn’t mean that they cannot be combined.

Carrying the team

Just because you are doing well right now, doesn’t mean you may not need to be carried at some point.

Above and beyond

Leaders have a responsibility to their employees.

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