Dr. Sheri James, PhD publishes quarterly research focused on naming systemic extraction and documenting ethical reformation. This working paper series provides the analytical foundation for Affluent Era™ frameworks, bridging academic systems-thinking with lived entrepreneurial application.
My current inquiry is concentrated within three primary domains of institutional and entrepreneurial reform.
Identifying the systemic mechanisms—ranging from manufactured urgency to destabilization marketing—that bypass rational decision-making to exploit psychological vulnerabilities.
Key Focus: Manipulation tactics in high-ticket coaching, information asymmetry, and the neuroscience of activation-based marketing.
Documenting non-extractive wealth creation models and reformation economics that prioritize long-term institutional health over short-term gain.
Key Focus: Integrity-based revenue systems, non-extractive case studies, and dismantling the false binary between profit and ethics.
Architecting leadership frameworks that move beyond gendered binaries to focus on sovereignty, calm authority, and systemic integrity.
Key Focus: Power dynamics in women-led businesses and alternatives to gendering work itself.
Affluent Era™ working paper series follows a logical progression from diagnosing systemic harm to architecting ethical alternatives.
| Quarter | Target Date | Topic Area |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | March 2026 | The Architecture of Extraction: Structural Patterns of Manipulation in the Online Coaching Industry |
| Q2 | June 2026 | Feminine Leadership: Sovereignty and Systems Beyond Gender Binaries |
| Q3 | September 2026 | Ethical Wealth: Integrity-Based Systems and Non-Extractive Models |
| Q4 | December 2026 | Institutional Decay: Corruption Patterns and Reformation Economics |
My research employs qualitative pattern analysis drawn from a unique intersection of academic training and deep-tissue professional experience.
Built on my doctoral work regarding the effect of organizational culture on procedural security countermeasures.
Informed by 15 years as a software engineer and database engineer across state, federal & corporate systems.
Drawing on 10 years of digital entrepreneurship to identify patterns often missed by outside academic observers.
The Architecture of Extraction: Structural Patterns of Manipulation in the Online Coaching Industry
Qualitative pattern analysis of 1,559 marketing artifacts across twelve practitioners. Introduces the distinction between overt and affective extraction.
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AE-WP-2026-Q1-001
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