Creating alternative futures: introducing non-linear consideration into the management of technology

Summary form only given as follows. In a departure from arduous formal scenario planning, a futures approach based upon NASA's Horizon Mission Methodology adapted to the emerging "MATI" model of the technology intensive firm is presented. It has the virtues of being an informal, flexible and adaptable planning technique which can easily become an embedded management skill. Although not a cure-all business problems solution, it does provide a framework for interviewing vision with creative solution and options.