River Path Associates, Knowledge consultancy covering Research, Strategic Counsel and Creative Solutions.

River Path is an organisational pathfinder. We work by challenging perceptions, building evidence for change, and mapping the future. We use a range of techniques, including strategic consulting, research, and the development of creative solutions.

We work in the public, private and not for profit sectors, and in multiple professional fields – ranging from demography to communications technologies, and from international relations to retail. But everything we do is focused on four strands that we consider essential to being fit for the future.

Library - Culture

‘Dawn in the Devil’s City’

‘Dawn in the Devil’s City’David Steven co-directed the British Council Cambridge Seminar in 2003, where Helon Habila was a featured writer. This interview with Helon, published on OpenDemocracy in 2003, portrays his life as a Nigerian novelist, and the influence living in Nigeria has had on his writing.

Client: British Council
Author: David Steven
Date: 01/11/03
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Zadie, Zadie - where did it all go wrong?

Bookslut. Zadie, Zadie - where did it all go wrong? David Steven co-directed the British Council Cambridge Seminar in 2003, where Zadie Smith was a featured writer. This article, published on Bookslut in 2004, observes the mood of the best-selling young British novelist as she discusses the state of literary careers in the UK.

Client: British Council
Author: David Steven
Date: 01/03/04
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