FUTURES UPDATE - CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES
Creative alternatives are alternative maps of the future and scenario planning is the most common way of creating these maps. A great deal of futures work begins with scenario planning. This may prove successful but in our experience there is a lot more rigour in our thinking that is required before we go into planning be it strategic or scenario planning. This is why I find Sohail Inayatullah's 'six pillars' methodology most effective. This is why we recommend that you begin your scenario planning after you have mapped, timed and deepened the future.