Innovation and Food - Melbourne & Sydney
Today, I have finally posted all the posts I wrote in my Travel innovation Blog.
People have said to me why document all your meals? You know why?
Me, and a lot of people like me, get inspired by various things. In most of our cities we live in, the only artistic source may be food, films or shopping. There are very small gallery collections, and they don’t change a lot, and even so if there is only 2 major galleries, as in Melbourne, you end up going say once a month, which is my average.
Movies don’t do it for me, but for some people blogging these are their delights. Music is some people’s lifeblood, and inspires them. For me, in the absence of great art, I need food & wine. And as for many others the architecture of a city, it’s layout and it’s plan has a massive effect. A city’s design is probably the other thing besides what we eat, that is universal commonality (we are all effected by food & environment).
For foodies, meals are our source of inspiration, and memory of what happened that day. And life is what happens in between meals often. Meals are the thinking time. So that’s why, and Bon Appetit.
Sydney, Parramatta, inspiration
In the concrete jungle of Parramatta, with very little inspiring in terms of environment, food is about it. See my Parramatta food travel blog from Sydney here.
Melbourne, inspiration & innovation here
But once I get back to Melbourne, have a look here - Melbourne innovative food here
I was hoping to get a busy lunch, but most of my friends here plan 3 weeks out (as they tend to be executives, snr managers, business owners and analysts) and I never know my schedule that far ahead. But let me observe however, that in Australia, most people are so busy in the doing they have very little time these days for the thinking.
Also when you’re lunching with senior people many of them have intricate schedules, so trying to get two swiss-cheese diaries wih only the occasional lunch hole to line up can be difficult. Wed-Thursday I’m in Parramatta again, and there are 3 forthcoming trips to Rutherglen, VIC, Adelaide & Perth to consider, as well as a possible int’l trip. And that’s all in the next 8 weeks, and beyond this week none of the dates are exact yet.
I like to have a slow meandering lunch once a fortnight with a colleague or someone from my work network, but it is increasingly difficult to do so as 30-45 minute lunches are the norm. Meanwhile, back at most offices, the projects may often be pointless change, more fried chicken innovation, or useless hurry up and wait but you still have to be seen to be there. Few offices are outcome-driven, something the creative mind encourages.
When I travel to visit a place, such a lunch, drink or dinner is easier to arrange & keep. At home, there is a sense of anytime, something which is really not true, as I spend 30-40% of my time away from ‘home’, and my schedule is like mercury - difficult to pin-down. But at home, people tend to put it off. Maybe I value the company at meals so much I am willing to re-organise my life for it more than others. I never liked lunching with co-workers, and always preferred senior people and creatives, like artists.
And most of us have wives to consider, and in many cases intricate plans with kids, something many of the execs I know complain about. Soccer practice!
Take care and keep your hair!
Christopher-yes-I’m-still-hungry
PS. Also, please note, I am considering changing the blog structure to make it easier based on some feedback you have given me. This will still be my main blog so keep this bookmarked, keep your eyes peeled for changes.
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