A Writer’s Journey

Steve's first books focused very much on helping leaders contribute more effectively. in books like Renaissance Management and The Road to Audacity he explored ideas around how individuals and organisations could be more adventurous, more innovative and more collaborative.

As Senior Partner in Apter Development, Steve[rodiced a stream of ‘position papers’ and short ‘thought-pieces’ were shared and circulated amongst a growing network of people. These pieces often took a radical view of how to respond to the challenges behind organisational success.

The death of his father a would-be adventurer at an early age caused him to rethink his relationship with the world which he saw as over-compartmentalised and restricting. He resolved to explore the connections between people and place as far as possible. Leveraging the opportunity afforded by his international role as a business psychologist to head off the beaten trail and open himself up to the “random chance of the road.” . Writing as Steve Bonham this adventuring has led to a series of books ( A Little Nostalgia for Freedom, A Beautiful Broken Dream and Stumbling Over Eden which in the words of Wigtown Book Festival offer a “beguiling blend of travelogue, psychology and the philosophy of identity.

On Stumbling Over Eden: This is a "boy's own" - and girls (!) adventure from the nineteenth century acted out and described in the twenty-first century on the doorstep of Europe. In Steve Bonham's account of the 540km walk from the High Atlas mountains, across the Anti Atlas then following the exotic river Draa into the Saharan sand dunes you will fall into a world and people as fascinating and friendly as any fairy tale.

Mike McHugo OBE co-founder of the Kasbah du Toubkal