Michael J. Penney, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has developed a system to help entrepreneurs achieve business growth and development using the military’s standard operations order; 5Paragraph or 5P. The 5P system uses the same format as the military’s five-paragraph order process to create action plans involving multiple moving parts and leadership. The system has been used by the Marine Corps to create sustainability plans, and it empowers leaders at every rank to create a plan for how they will accomplish their mission and work alongside other units with key characteristics to help achieve the overall mission. Penney has trained over 50,000 people in his career and has been featured in a popular TED Talk.
