Mitchell B. Weiss

Mitch Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School and an Emma Bloomberg Professor. He created and teaches the school’s course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the world. He is the faculty chair of the first year of the MBA program, where for many years he taught The Entrepreneurial Manager. He created and leads the “Teaching with AI” seminar from HBP. Prior to joining HBS in 2014, Mitch was Chief of Staff and a partner to Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino. Mitch helped shape New Urban Mechanics, Boston’s municipal innovation strategy, and make it a model for peer-produced government and change. He is the author of “We the Possibility” from Harvard Business Review Press (2021) and the “Chief of Stuff” AI newsletter.  Mitch has been named one of the 100 most influential academics in government.