Kicking off a new chapter for Everyday Innovation as a resource hub, community, and multi-platform movement, as well as sharing the importance of designing your unique creator-led innovation process.

Welcome to the Everyday Innovation podcast.

My name is Jordan Divecha, and I'm a multi-passionate creator,

entrepreneur and tech founder building a resource hub and community to

support creator- led innovation.

If you've listened to this podcast before, you'll notice that I've taken

a short hiatus I actually started this journey back at the top of the year.

I was wanting to share this experimentation and exploration into

the topic of innovation and how it can show up for creators, bootstrappers,

solo preneurs, early founders.

And in general, just us as individuals, designing our own process.

I wanted to bring in my nonlinear work experience, many lives in

entrepreneurial and founder roles across industries, and bring in my

love for tech, systems, creativity, cognitive science, self-development

to then share with the community and collaborate with fellow creators.

As I dove in deeper, I felt like it was time to jump in head first

and create more content, more opportunities, and invest more deeply

into the long view of this community.

But before I speak to this Everyday Innovation "2.0", I want to share

a little bit more about why this has become so important to me.

And a part of what I feel is a beautiful and important collective vision as

we move into a new chapter for us, whether it is at the community level

or at the national or even worldwide.

I think that innovation is kind of misunderstood.

Reserved for more of the elite, the cream of the crop, the rebels, the visionaries.

It's not just about "billion dollar disruptive", "launching a rocket

to the moon"- type of action.

It is not representative of how innovation works or how even impact works.

I find it so fascinating that we focus so much on the product, or the thing.

Or the physical, a lot of these are means to an end ,when really what makes an

impact is the way that we approach it.

. Businesses change the way we do things as opposed to serve us a particular product.

The benefit comes from the change in how we operate in life.

Whether it makes it better.

Whether it makes it more efficient, whether it makes it more

beautiful, whatever that may be.

I am a huge fan of systems and not creating systems that are limiting.

It's more I enjoy looking at the connections between- relationships-

systems really are relationships.

So the relationships between people, between us and tech, between tech

and society, whatever they may be.

It could be astrological systems.

It could be anything.

I love seeing what kind of value it brings into my life and what I

could do to change or observe or update or better them in a way.

So when I was considering this kind of 2.0, as somebody who looks at patterns

and is observing the systems in our world with fascination and curiosity,

I kept getting this vision or this thought about the Butterfly Effect,

which actually comes from chaos theory.

That, in essence states that , whether things seem random or there is a lot

of change, maybe we can't perceive the underlying patterns that they are

there and that these systems are easily changed, easily malleable because there

are small pieces that can affect them.

Change it itself has underlying systems and patterns as well.

And it's not necessarily about knowing what the patterns are.

Or having to understand.

It's just knowing that change is part of the pattern, right?

Change is the only constant.

The Butterfly Effect, which really speaks more to how a small change in

an initial condition or a small piece of the puzzle can change everything,

really brought into light, how much we look at innovation as something that has

all these moving parts, but is done by these larger entities or these bigger

personas and not all the time by us . The truth is that we are always creating

an impact, innovation is very human.

In previous episodes, I never really defined "everyday innovation".

At least not directly.

. It is something that I'm still uncovering and probably will be refining over time.

The heart of it really is about compound effect.

Actions over time.

Thinking more innovatively in your everyday situations, and how you approach

the world and approach the systems at large and the systems in your daily life,

are going to compound over time, whether it's at work, whether it's at home.

And that understanding our process- the way we approach life, the way

that we think, taking responsibility for our own impact- is game-changing.

So, to illustrate the individual work, the self- led design process,

the self-development work that we can collectively take and generate massive

impact, I absolutely love the metaphor of the actual butterfly process.

And here's why.

So we all know that the caterpillar turns into the butterfly, and that

it's a strange process going into the cocoon and the chrysalis stage.

It breaks down into a goo and then somehow becomes a butterfly.

Well, that somehow part is interesting.

There are these imaginal cells that are part of the expired caterpillar and

are working independently of one another.

They have this coding, this higher vision, this change that they know is

happening to break down a structure.

So the caterpillar breakdown, like we would break down a system.

And transform it into something new, but there's really no outside input.

They're working on their own as little single- celled organisms.

And as they continue to shift, and mold, and create, they begin to work together.

The impact is created collectively.

And that collected impact creates the butterfly.

And I just feel that it's such a beautiful representation of how we are

all imaginal cells in our communities, within our families, within the world.

Our impact is felt massively by the collective.

Even if we don't necessarily sense it, or we don't think that

we're creating impact, we are.

The ability to have this canvas of this connective system that we're

all contributing to kind of as nodes.

We all have the channels, and it's about amplifying those,

amplifying the volume in those.

Taking responsibility for that -and making it something meaningful,

and special, and unique coming from you- only amplifies the good, the

abundant, the absolutely transformative power that we as individuals have.

And our body of knowledge that we have gained throughout life, our

expertise, our identity, our way of seeing things, education, I don't

mean just going to school, your experiential education, living your life.

Where you've worked, the industries that you've been in.

The kinds of art that you've made.

The family that you have, the community that you grew up in.

All of it impacts your particular lens.

And we need all of them.

Really too kind of shape our collective experience.

Now more than ever individual impact is under the magnifying glass because

we are seeing tech and systems and connectivity allowing us to create greater

impact individually and as a collective.

We've finally seen this intersection where tech has been able to support our

needs and communication and connection.

An ability to impact through thought leadership, ability to

launch digital products without as much capital investment.

There's a lower barrier to entry to be an entrepreneur, to be a

creator, to be someone of importance.

It's no longer somebody that buys into the system or was born into the system.

It's very disruptive in a way.

And it's very exciting, too.

There are so many opportunities for people, not just in the

workspace, but socially, in their art, in finding their people.

And the creator economy, isn't just about what we perceive as creators- like content

creators, digital product creators.

We're all creators.

We are able, uniquely, to take ideas and manifest them into form.

In a way, it's magical.

It's also very strategic.

It is a process we are taking part in 24/ 7, pretty much by existing.

Embodying the creator identity, understanding that

you are never not a creator.

Everyone has the ability to be creative.

We all have that in us.

I think society maybe categorizes things as more or less creative.

And there are parts of the brain that are more tapped into

that creative type of thinking.

But we are all creatives.

And for those of us actively engaging in the online space.

So, again, this is also another web literally and

connective system that we have.

It's a canvas that we have control over, that we can play, with that we can create

upon, and ,manifest these ideas into form, into impact, and into connections.

Even if you're posting on Twitter.

Whatever it is.

When you're putting those contributions onto these platforms, into these

spaces, it becomes a really cool experiment in analyzing your process.

So a lot of the content that I am putting together has to do with creating in

the online space, but it is applicable and can be backed up to how you see

life, how you create in general.

My lens tends to be in that space because there's a unique opportunity

in monetization and in impact and virality, being able to relate to others,

and innovate quickly because we're getting the help from tech and systems.

But, the true process is never going to be reliant on these systems, these

platforms, the apps, the companies, the money, the products- it's really going

to be about our approach to everything.

Owning your personal approach and then magnifying that out to your projects

or where you have leadership and being able to merge your process with someone

else's makes you a better team player, a better leader, a better community

member, a better social innovator.

Just a generally a more authentically- driven human being.

And the collaborations that can happen and the tweaks that could be made

to work together or what we're doing anyway, but it's from a more aware

space that is probably more aligned with your gifts and their gifts.

And magnifying the impact of those.

What is the process?

I don't think that there is one way to define it.

I think the goal is for us to design what works for us and pull in the tools and

the resources and the people even that we need to support our process in any

given moment and scale it from something very small to something huge right?

Like I said, we're doing it all the time.

So being aware of it makes us more cognizant of how we're showing up

in the world and creating impact in every space of our lives.

So as I was going through this experimentation, exploration, magnetizing

and creating these tools and resources, and having these conversations about

everyday innovation and people's processes and how they were approaching it, a

framework started to form in my own mind.

And what's interesting is that I noticed that there's this attachment

that we have to the products we create.

The art that we create.

Our creations, our businesses, our reputations, the things

that we put out into the world.

The "things" are so important.

And we tie our identity to them so much.

Which is admirable and it is getting close to operating in that authentic

space, but it misses the mark when we're not allowed to shift.

When we're not thinking about how we operate in the world.

And how what we're doing is shifting how other people operate.

We focus on the things as opposed to the benefits.

The results again, the impact.

And when you focus on that, you become a lot more free to change things up.

To be more of yourself.

Because when you have a process that is malleable and is able to be shifted, the

goal is always going to be the impact.

It's never going to be the thing.

Tied to the thing, tied to the title, tied to the industry, tied

to the creation, or type of art.

It is tied to you, as a person, that unique ingredient mix, and the tools

or resources that you decide to use to amplify and support your process-

that is really what legacy is.

You look at probably some of the most innovative, impactful people-

many of them are quite prolific.

They were able to be multi-passionate.

They were able to take themselves into different spaces and

find the connections between.

This is just kind of a preamble to conversations that we'll be having

but I want to get into the process itself quickly just to outline it.

It's something that I'm still working on, but it is, the

process is more of a framework.

It's a framework within which you can design.

And because this is the way we're operating in the world.

It has to be applicable to the macro, the micro.

In all areas.

And it has to be able to be changeable.

So the framework itself is not necessarily changeable.

It's more of everything.

In it.

What we fill it with.

How we approach it.

And the framework is more of the structure within which we

can play, we can experiment, we can change, and be uniquely us.

Without giving a blueprint that is limiting or creates that resistance

to alignment with who we truly are and with the flow of change in

the collective and what we need.

The general process that I have is The Creation, The Experience and The Impact.

And this process can be shaped by what I call the Context and Influence.

There are always going to be things that affect our process.

And that could be collaboration with someone else on a project.

It could be where it's being applied.

It could be the person who was applying it, our identity, our self, our values.

Could be the state of the world what's happening.

It could be the knowledge bank.

Our education.

Our experiences.

And also just in general anything that can influence the size of it too.

Like where is it being again?

Where is it being applied?

You can apply it to a tweet.

It sounds silly.

But.

I feel very confident in breaking down even a couple levels down and

that it applies to pretty much, most everything that we're doing.

So there's this contextual influence that will shape it.

And that's what makes it malleable and changeable.

That's one piece of it.

And then what fills it is malleable and changeable, but the three main

core segments are The Creation, The Experience, and The Impact.

Whether you're applying it to a business and you want to take this to a more

strategic level, higher up and collaborate with other people's individual processes.

Almost like a collective.

Grouping of people's processes.

That's probably a dream for recruiters too.

And if you're trying to have a fantastic team, that's really more

of what you're doing than forcing one way of thinking on everyone.

You have the creation, the experience, the impact.

It's simple.

So the creation.

That aspect of it is what we would be thinking of is the ideation, the

design, and what I call the composition.

So composition is an interesting term because it can be applied

in many different ways.

And it doesn't have the context of development or building.

Which sometimes can be.

Tied heavily to products and not able to maybe feel as

resonant with, even a set of.

Really important discoveries or thoughts may not be something you develop or you

build it's something that you compose.

Or maybe you're magnetizing, from this ideation processor, seeing a problem

and solution, you're pulling together resources along with your own knowledge

and then you're composing the solution.

And again, the creation is not the be all end all it does take

in to account the experience and the impact, of course, because.

You want to design to take into account what's coming next.

But it is not about the creation.

It is a huge part of the process, but it is a means to the end of the impact.

So, experience is the implementation and communication.

So implementation is how is this being put into the system?

We're looking at changing how the world works, how we work.

It's the changing of how we do things.

As opposed to the thing itself.

So we have to install it somewhere, so people can interact with it and.

It can be.

I tested out in the world and it can shift minds wherever it might be.

Implemented into the larger, the larger network.

Onto the canvas.

And that's what is different between an innovation versus an invention.

You can create a product or a creation and it's cool and is not

in any way particularly impactful.

That is something that you can do, but innovations typically will shift thoughts.

They will.

Be either we some virality to them, there will be offshoots of

inspiration that come from them.

If you think of avant-garde clothing.

If you have the avant-garde in the, on the fashion runways, you'll see so many

spinoffs of ripple effects of those, of course, but I could talk about more than

an impact, but the implementation is the getting it out into the system itself,

the awareness and the communication aspect of it is how that is shared.

How it is, how the idea is shared and how people would know that it's

now being installed into the system.

It's being tested out in the world.

And then the impact would be the feedback.

And the performance, how it did.

And this sounds very businesslike or here putting it into a process of what

sounds almost like a launch, but it's not.

You can apply this really in most places, performance and

announced some feedback is.

Did it work?

Did it not work?

What is the feedback that you're getting from the other parties

to this change that you've made.

So an impact.

Needs to not just be impacting yourself.

It needs to have some sort of an influence on how things are done

or how we are experiencing life.

So there's going to be some impact there.

And understanding that and how you're getting feedback in what you're doing.

So even in the things, maybe even unconsciously doing.

That's important because you're impacting again, your family,

your community, et cetera.

Again, Creation, Experience, Impact, and that can be taken levels and

levels deeper into subsets of that and in the application of it, which

I'm so excited to get into and then even within those, there, all of

these tools and resources and methods and strategies that can be applied.

Again, to different situations, in different contexts, in a

different periods of your life.

How can we ever approach something in the same way when I know for myself,

I would never approach it exactly in the same way with different contexts.

And if there are new releases of tools that could work better

for me or work better for me right now in this season of life?

We have to keep it malleable, but the Creation, the Experience,

the Impact, or never not going to be part of anything that you do.

It is the manifestation of idea to impact and the experiences that thorough

place of where it is put into our larger systems or any systems, even

if it's a little micro something.

It's not just the thing.

It is the way of doing.

It is the butterfly effect, that can be incredibly disruptive or have

that compound impact over time.

So if we're more aware of our own innovation the creation,

the experience to impact.

And start to play with it, design it in different spaces.

Or just start to notice that process in the little things we do, the

little decisions we make, what influences it, applied wherever

you feel most comfortable at first.

A lot of people they'll say, okay this sounds a lot like a something

in business, or if you're a product launch, something like that.

If that's comfortable to you or writing a song even.

There is a process to that of taking it from idea and refining

it, having the space of where it is shared andreleased communicated

and the storytelling around that.

And then the impact itself of, what are there downloads, to people like

it, has there been a cover of it?

The possibilities are endless.

And I look forward to bringing more depth into the process.

Adding the resources and tools and perspectives that will help

you design your unique process.

And give you the empowerment to show up in the world in a

way that doesn't feel limiting.

You're not taking somebody's strategy from Clubhouse and trying to apply it to

your life when it doesn't apply to you.

Being somebody who is very multi-passionate, who is neurodivergent,

and really just a little bit of a rebel at heart- I felt like a

lot of advice was not made for me.

And I feel like there really is no one size fits all.

And I know everyone says that you always are picking and choosing bits of

knowledge, inspiration from all spaces.

I'm just trying to put a framework and lens around that so that you can

feel excited and have that structure there to then play around it and

not feel like it's this a morphous, a journey Into your discovery of

how you can show up authentically as yourself and create impact.

It is something that we are always doing and can be put into these

containers and played around with, and focused on in different spaces in

your life to then update for the rest of eternity and in different ways.

Everyday Innovation 2.0 is the hub.

So everydayinnovation.io.

There will be tools, resources, strategies, videos, et cetera on that

hub and that's where you can access the community and subscribe to the newsletter,

which is a release every Sunday.

So there's Sunday Set there is a live, that'll be most weekends and a newsletter.

The newsletter has, it's more about setting the intentions

for the week, giving a little bit of a preview of the content.

It is not meant to be a hustle-y type of motivation.

It is meant to give you the context of what's coming that week.

I'm trying to put together the content or the resources that I'm sharing in a

way that you can see it from a certain perspective beginning of the week and

allow that to be integrated into your own practice and in your own awareness

and how you're approaching life.

And if you are subscribed or as a member, you're able to look at the

archive of all of these, so you can really approach any of them at any

time, whenever you feel called to it.

But it's not about just throwing a bunch of knowledge into your face and

hoping that you'll apply something or give you that dopamine hit.

It's really there to allow you to choose to implement it or not.

And then give you the space to share it on a more general embodied level

and then provide the resources that can potentially help that process.

And help you design within that process when you're ready.

And as I mentioned, the collective impact of our own work is massive.

And when we combine our processes together in a strategic way?

Oh, my goodness.

It was a no brainer that there would be a community.

I invested money into hosting it in a space that was separate in and of

itself, a more focused experience for innovators and creators.

And I am so excited, to add segmentation to that and allow

people to lead in that space as well.

So that's actually, it's on the app Circle.so, but it'll be

galaxy.everydayinnovation.io.

And if you are a subscriber to the site, and again, you don't necessarily have

to get the newsletter in your email, if you don't want to, you can read it

on the site as well) you'll also have access to the community and you will

see the posts there as well, and also posts from fellow community members.

And then going forward as far as media is concerned.

I am still continuing with the podcast.

I'm actually having some video podcasts coming out.

And those will be both collaborative and solo.

The solo ones will most likely be audio, or it will have some

sort of visual along with it.

There may be some of just me talking, but I'd prefer to just do the audio

and focus it a bit more, unless there's some visuals that I want to share.

The collaborative ones will be still the interview style or it'll be a

co-creative process into a topic.

So that may exist on the podcast, or it may exist just on

YouTube, in a separate channel.

The point is, again, this is another space to distribute information.

When I feel called to do it here, so it will be regular, but

it will not be a channel where there's the pressure to do it.

All of the time.

So I really suggest going to everydayinnovation.io.

Because there may be some weeks where the podcast.

Is not a good fit for the content structure.

It needs to be in a different format, but a lot of the time there will be

applications for the podcast because it has a deeper dive opportunity

and conversational opportunity.

That will always be a part of my exploration and my strategy.

And it will also be a great resource for anyone's process just to get

inspiration and to have those discussions about perspective and

the lenses and again, magnetize those perspectives and tools and resources.

That you can use in your own process

So there's lots more to come.

I am very happy that I hopped on here today to speak about this.

This was just coming from.

My heart and I wanted to put this here before the next podcast comes out.

Which will be really exciting.

We'll kick off this new chapter, but I look forward to connecting

with you here and on the website, which is everydayinnovation.io.

That has all the information of where community members are.

And it's on a platform that will be a hub and will connect to other spaces.

Because again, it's never going to be dependent on the thing it's dependent on

the way we do things, the way we connect, and I'm excited to continue on this

journey with you and help support your own unique creator innovator process.