Is Work Working For You - And Your Organization?

We help founders, owners, and senior leaders scale their operations, optimize their supply chain, and clear daily triage

Led by William Ni — Former Big 4 Consulting Managing Director & Chicago Booth MBA

Now Accepting Fall Inquiries

The F6 Ethos™ // Business & Executive Advisory

We Scale Businesses. We Make Them Run Better.

Principal-led advisory for owners, executives and leadership teams who want a business that grows, operates efficiently, and does not depend on heroics. Led by a former PwC Consulting Managing Director with 20+ years of experience across more than 60 organizations.

60+Client organizations
20+Years of experience
Startup to GlobalRange of organizations served
Multi-IndustryFounder-led to Fortune 500
Operating ExperienceFormer Managing Director, PwC Consulting
Business EducationMBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Technical FoundationComputer Science, UIUC Grainger College of Engineering
Client RangeEarly-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies and global institutions
Primary PracticeLens B // Business & Organizational Scale

Scale the Business. Tighten the Operation.

For founders, owners and division leaders whose companies have outgrown the way they run today. We diagnose where growth is stalling, where operations leak margin, and where the business still depends on a few people, then build the system that fixes it.

Growth Architecture

Strategy, commercial engine and operating model that compound without founder heroics.

Operational Efficiency

Process, cost and cash discipline, with automation and AI applied where they actually pay.

Leadership Bench

Accountability, decision rights and a team that owns outcomes without constant intervention.

Practice Two // Lens A

Executive Advisory & Role Performance

A confidential, peer-level advisor for CEOs, C-suite officers and senior leaders stepping into bigger mandates. Decision rights, board and stakeholder dynamics, AI judgment, and the personal bandwidth to lead well.

Why Engagements Are Selective

Principal-Led. Limited Capacity. Senior Standard.

Every engagement is led directly by William Ni, not delegated to a junior team. Capacity is deliberately limited so each client receives principal-level attention and complete confidentiality, and the first conversation is a mutual evaluation of fit.

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Principal-Led

You work with the person whose experience you are hiring, throughout.

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Confidential

Discreet by default, with sensitive decisions handled with care.

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Outcome-Focused

Clear priorities, clear measures, and accountability for results.

The Framework

The F6 Ethos™: Two Lenses, Six Dimensions Each

Sustainable performance depends on a small number of interdependent capabilities. Our diagnostic scores each one so the first conversation starts with evidence.

Dimension 01

Focus

Clarity on where the business plays, who it serves, and what it will stop doing.

Dimension 02

Foundation

An operating model, governance and accountability that hold up as you grow.

Dimension 03

Financials

Unit economics, cash predictability and disciplined capital allocation.

Dimension 04

Flywheel

A repeatable commercial and delivery engine that compounds without founder heroics.

Dimension 05

Force

A leadership bench that owns outcomes without constant owner involvement.

Dimension 06

Flow

How work moves across teams and systems, including where AI practically helps.

Dimension 01

Focus

Protecting time for high-leverage thinking instead of reactive triage.

Dimension 02

Foresight

Holding a clear multi-year view of strategy, market and AI-driven change.

Dimension 03

Fluency

Judging AI and data well enough to question what your team and your tools tell you.

Dimension 04

Function

Clear decision rights and delegation, so work moves without constant escalation.

Dimension 05

Follow-Through

An operating rhythm that turns priorities into measurable results.

Dimension 06

Fortitude

Composure, presence and stamina under sustained pressure.

Our Approach to AI

AI Amplifies the System It Joins

Placed on top of unclear decision rights or inefficient processes, AI mostly speeds up the confusion. William approaches it with an engineering lens, a computer science foundation from UIUC, and hands-on experience, starting with how decisions are made and how work gets done, then identifying where AI earns its place.

Start with decisions, not tools

Clarify who decides what before adding technology to the workflow.

Be specific about value

Separate real margin and capacity gains from activity that only looks modern.

Build the human side

Prepare leaders and teams to question, govern and use AI well.

Next Step

Start with the F6 Alignment Pulse

A three-minute diagnostic that scores your business or your role across six dimensions and frames our first conversation.

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