Original Research & Practitioner Scholarship

Research That Deepens Your Expertise, Elevates Your Practice, and Supports Your Long-Term Impact 

Whether you’re completing a master’s thesis, doctoral dissertation, or conducting practitioner research to strengthen your frameworks and long-term impact, we help you design studies that are rigorous, meaningful, and aligned with your professional goals.

The right study can deepen your expertise, strengthen your differentiation, clarify your method, and lay the foundation for books, frameworks, partnerships, or organizational influence. This transforms research from a mere white paper or degree requirement into a strategic asset.

We support original research for master’s theses, doctoral dissertations, and practitioner studies—including conference or journal submissions, industry reports, or other practice-defining deliverables.

This is not academic handholding.
This is research-as-architecture.

Who This is For

Professionals who are:

  • Pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree while leading demanding careers

  • Using research to deepen their expertise or develop a signature method

  • Wanting to publish, speak, or build a movement grounded in evidence

  • Seeking a study that supports long-term credibility—not just graduation

  • Interested in research-based differentiation within their field or practice

  • Looking to refine a framework, model, or approach through rigorous inquiry

What This Work Includes

We tailor support based on your goals and program requirements:

  • Research design and alignment
    Clarifying your topic, contribution, variables, research questions, and theoretical lens—aligned to both your academic requirements and your long-term practice direction.

  • Methodological guidance
    Whether qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, or conceptual, we help you build a rigorous, defendable approach.

  • Literature architecture
    Mapping the sources, debates, and gaps that position your work in a meaningful scholarly context.

  • Data strategy and analysis support
    Designing instruments, coding frameworks, or interpretation pathways that generate true insight—not just compliance.

  • Writing support
    We refine and structure chapters to meet academic and submission standards while preserving your voice and purpose.

  • Publication and platform integration
    Turning research outputs into articles, frameworks, book chapters, or the foundation for a future movement.

Our Distinction

Most research support focuses on academic compliance.

Ours integrates academic rigor with strategic clarity and long-term impact.

Your study becomes a building block for:

  • long-term practice identity

  • future IP and frameworks

  • differentiation in the advisory market

  • publication and thought leadership

  • evidence-based credibility

  • stronger book or movement foundations

Degree completion is a byproduct.
The real goal is impact.

Best For

Leaders, experts, and practitioner-scholars who want original research to:

  • complete their master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation requirements

  • advance their career

  • strengthen their reputation

  • deepen their practice

  • publish impactful work

  • build a movement grounded in evidence

How We Might Work Together

We support original research at the level your work deserves — with structures that adapt to your timeline, goals, and capacity. These paths ensure your scholarship is rigorous, coherent, and aligned with your long-term impact.

Advisory Partnership

Weekly guidance for researchers who want accountability, clarity, and expert support while maintaining ownership of their work.

You get weekly research strategy, goal setting, accountability, and expert feedback as you work through each phase of your thesis or dissertation. Perfect for advanced professionals who have the bandwidth to do the reading, thinking, and writing — and want a high-level research partner to keep them moving forward with rigor and confidence.

Best for:
Researchers who want accountability, structure, troubleshooting, and expert review — while doing the bulk of the work themselves.

Guided Research Lab

Intensive, real-time work sessions that dramatically accelerate your progress.

These are structured, high-focus working days designed to help you break through complexity fast. You write, analyze, and make decisions in real time with expert guidance — while I support with post-session editing, structure, and APA formatting as you advance. Ideal when you need to produce significant research quickly, without sacrificing scholarly quality.

Best for:
Researchers who want momentum, live guidance, immediate feedback, and rapid progress through large sections of their work.

The Sherpa Experience

Your research, brought to life through structured dialogue, intellectual synthesis, and expert shaping.

You show up as the expert in your lived and professional experience. We handle the heavy lifting of research. Through deep, recorded conversations, we draw out your insights, clarify your contribution, and turn it into chapters that meet your submission or publication requirements.

Best for:
Experts with demanding careers who want a rigorous, original thesis or dissertation — without needing to orchestrate every detail themselves.