From Death Star to Raccoon Feet: Have meeting room names gone too far?
Creative titles are now an inescapable – but not always funny – part of work life. The practice that grew from reimagining the office in the 1990s may need a rethink.
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group unveiled its new London headquarters last November at Whitfield Studios, a former music studio where the Rolling Stones recorded. Perhaps it was that rock’n’roll heritage that inspired the company to dub the highest conference room in the building “Miles High Club”.
It is one of many rooms in the premises that “celebrate Virgin’s playful spirit”, the company told the Financial Times. Other names inspired by song titles include Never Mind the Bollocks and Zig Ah Zig Ah.
