If you feel like everything is too much right now - too much change, too much pivoting, too much pressure - then Farrah Bostic gets you. She's the founder of The Difference Engine, a consultancy that helps companies get radically clear on their goals, where to meet their audience, and the best decisions to take them there. She asks uncomfortable questions and cuts through noise and bloat straight to get to the right answers. She's also the creator and host of Cross Tabs, a podcast about people, data and power.

In this episode of The Breadwinners, host Rachael Lowell talks to Farrah about ethics as a North star, adaptability as a practice, and how to brace for polycrisis (pandemic, climate change, AI tech bros). If you're a little over rolling with all these punches - this is for you. 

SHOW NOTES

Farrah Bostic Website
https://www.farrahbostic.com

The Difference Engine
https://www.thedifferenceengine.co

Cross Tabs Podcast
https://www.crosstabspodcast.com

Social

https://www.linkedin.com/in/farrahbostic

 https://bsky.app/profile/farrahbostic.bsky.social

X

https://x.com/farrahbostic

Croutons
“Jamie Dimon Wants Everyone in the Office. Is a $3 Billion Building the Answer?” [WSJ]

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/jamie-dimon-270-park-avenue-jp-morgan-chase-return-to-office-72966a51

"What is this era of calamity we’re in? Some say ‘polycrisis’ captures it"

[The Guardian]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/polycrisis-disasters-politics

The SHIFT Assessment (Security, Horizon, Impact, Fluidity, Ties) https://leadtheshift.ai

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The Breadwinners" Season 7 is a joint production between Reworking Leadership and The Smart Friends Network, generously supported by Ruth Ann Harnisch.

"The Breadwinners" was founded by Rachael Lowell and Jennifer Owens in 2019.

Host: Rachael Lowell
Executive Producers: Rachael Lowell, Rachel Sklar
Audio Engineer: Ron Passaro
Original Music: "Perfect" by Hannah Bakke
Rick Snell: Guitar
Cesar Moreno: Banjo
Nyssa Grant: Fiddle
Erik Alvar: Bass
Justin D. Cook: Keyboard, Percussion, and Orchestration
Vocals: Hannah Bakke, Cassidy Stoner
Hannah Bakke: Music and Lyrics

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