The F-5 Engine
Methodology
A comprehensive business operations framework built on 5 engines and 25 systems. We diagnose, design, and optimize your entire operation—giving you a quantified operational health score and total clarity.
Your business isn't a sports car.
It's a 787.
A sports car has one engine - and that engine contains multiple interconnected systems: cooling, timing, ignition, fuel delivery, exhaust. Each system must function precisely for the engine to perform.
But your business is more complex than a sports car. It's a multi-engine aircraft. Multiple engines, each with their own systems, all working in concert. When one system fails, it doesn't just affect that engine—it creates drag across the entire operation.
The F-5 Engine Methodology gives you a framework to understand, diagnose, and optimize every system in your business. No more guessing. No more firefighting and delayed problem solving. Just systematic clarity.
Sports Car
1 engine, multiple systems (cooling, timing, ignition, fuel, exhaust). Simple but limited.
Boeing 787
Multiple engines, each with their own systems, plus aircraft-wide systems. Complex but powerful.
Your Business
5 engines × 5 systems = 25 interconnected systems that determine your operational health.
Every business runs on
five core engines.
Each engine drives a critical dimension of your operation. Click to explore the 5 systems within each engine.
Operations Engine
The backbone of delivery and execution
Your Operations Engine is how work actually gets done. It encompasses the workflows, quality controls, fulfillment processes, and vendor relationships that turn inputs into outputs. When this engine stutters, customers feel it immediately.
Growth Engine
The driver of revenue and market expansion
Your Growth Engine is how you attract, convert, and retain customers. It covers the full revenue lifecycle from awareness to advocacy. When this engine underperforms, revenue flatlines regardless of how good your product is.
Organization Engine
The people and culture infrastructure
Your Organization Engine is your human operating system. It determines how you attract talent, develop people, and maintain the culture that drives performance. When this engine fails, your best people leave and mediocrity becomes the norm.
Technology Engine
The digital infrastructure and automation layer
Your Technology Engine is your digital nervous system. It encompasses the tools, data, security, and automations that either accelerate or constrain every other engine. When this engine lags, you're fighting with one hand tied behind your back.
Governance Engine
The oversight and strategic control layer
Your Governance Engine provides oversight, compliance, and strategic control. It ensures the business operates within appropriate boundaries while maintaining the visibility leaders need to make informed decisions. When this engine weakens, you're flying blind.
Our operational assessment
methodology.
For each of the 25 systems in our business systems framework, we evaluate four dimensions to determine health and identify improvement opportunities.
Your operational health score.
The WarTable Business Health Index (WBHI) synthesizes all 25 system assessments into a single, trackable score. Think of it as the "credit score" for your operational health—a number you can monitor over time and benchmark against peers.
But unlike a black-box score, WBHI is fully transparent. You can drill down from the overall score to individual engines, and from engines to specific systems, to understand exactly what's driving your number.
From methodology
to implementation.
The F-5 Engine Methodology isn't just a diagnostic framework—it's the foundation for our entire engagement model. Here's how we apply it.
What makes F-5
different.
Unlike generic consulting frameworks, the F-5 Engine Methodology is a complete business diagnostic framework designed for implementation, not just analysis.
See your F-5 score.
In a 45-minute Sandbox Session, we'll run a preliminary assessment of your 5 engines and identify which systems are creating the most drag. No cost. No obligation. Just clarity.