In this continuing conversation with prognosticator Tom Casey, founder of Discussion Partners Collaborative (https://discussionpartners.com/), we hear Tom tell Dave that he and his patterns strive on behalf of their clients to write the next chapter in the book of business history before it happens. His message: Get ready. Leaders in every sort of practice are also busily sketching rough drafts of what could be happening tomorrow.  Why? To be as ready as possible. Then the future still smacks us in the face; but it hurts less.