896: Integrating Emotions and Systems Thinking for Peak Productivity w/ Lori Fisher

Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business

What if understanding both the technical and emotional dimensions of business challenges could revolutionize your company's productivity? Lori Fisher, the founder of PLS Management Consulting, joins us to share her transformative journey from working in male-dominated biotech and aerospace industries to pioneering her own consulting firm. Lori delves into how the integration of Dr. Derek and Laura Cabrera's DSRP systems thinking methodology has redefined her management approaches, making business problem-solving more holistic and inclusive.
Engaging thoughts and emotions isn't just a nice-to-have; it's a game-changer in manufacturing and beyond. Lori introduces the PLS framework—Purpose, Leap, and Surge—that sets clear goals, fosters collaboration, and leverages transition points in business processes. By applying structured problem analysis and decision-making frameworks like DSRP, Lori demonstrates how businesses can reclaim lost time, enhance productivity, and ensure inclusive problem-solving. This episode is packed with practical insights on creating a work environment where both thoughts and emotions are valued, leading to more effective and sustainable outcomes.
Employee engagement goes beyond mere feedback—it requires a participatory process. Lori tackles common misconceptions held by CEOs and discusses the impact of cognitive biases on organizational practices. She highlights the importance of system maps and considering diverse perspectives, including those of frontline supervisors, to implement effective engagement strategies. Declining engagement rates have serious consequences, but with Lori's insights, businesses can become stable, supportive environments for their employees. Join us as we explore these crucial aspects of business management and learn how to foster true employee engagement and productivity.
ABOUT LORI
After a successful career in technical operations, Lori Fisher launched PLS Management Consulting in January of 2023. In her previous operations leadership roles in industries from biotech to aerospace, Lori led teams with high levels of diversity through crucial business growth during significant junctures of industry-wide importance. These crucible moments helped refine her thinking and through the PLS Framework, Lori shares her efficient and powerful employee engagement, collaboration, and management approach. Her learning, research, and knowledge-sharing lifestyle continues to amplify outcomes. If you are a small-to-medium sized business, reach out to Lori and learn ways to expedite the exchange of ideas within your teams, and amplify individual and group access to options and opportunities, and achieve step-ahead outcomes while simultaneously increasing employee job satisfaction and retention.

LINKS & RESOURCES

• Visit PLS Management Consulting’s Website
• Visit Cabrera Lab’s Websire for More Info About DSRP
• Connect with Lori on LinkedIn

Chapters

1. Navigating Twists and Turns in Business (00:00:00)

2. Problem Solving Frameworks for Business (00:16:37)

3. Building Employee Engagement and Decision Points (00:25:26)

4. The Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Podcast (00:36:21)