Bucket List
Our Bucket List is a collection of pioneers, rebels and revolutionaries—made up of organizations, entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders who change the status quo of frustrating workplaces. They know how to make work more fun.
While checking off our Bucket List, we visit them. We learn from them. We share their insights. They inspire change to better, more inspiring workplaces. Check out the full list below. Click on the ones we’ve already visited, and read our findings.
Fredrik Palmgren 
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Basetis
Self-managing IT company.
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Vincit
Finnish technology company known for its radical transparency and 'Leadership as a Service'.
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
Zhang Yong
Founder of Haidilao Hotpot
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Lisa Jaspers
Founder and CEO of Folkdays.com - online shop for fair trade fashion accessories.
Anna Yona
Co-Founder of Wildling Shoes - a fully remote progressive company providing sustainable footwear.
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
Haidilao
Progressive chain of hotpot restaurants
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Dunia Reverter
Co-Founder of Krisos
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Unity Group
Progressive Polish IT company with self-organised teams, democracy, and distributed decision-making - among many other things.
Karin Tenelius
Founder Tuff Leadership Training and experienced changemaker in implementing self-management.
Davis College
Self-managing higher learning education organization in Rwanda.
Naomi Ryland
Co-Founder and Managing Director at tbd* - a self-managing company acting as a digital hub for purposeful work.
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Mariana Mazzucato
UCL Professor and Director of Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.
Erin Meyer
Author of 'The Culture Map' and professor at INSEAD Business School.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Wasafiri
Self-organizing company focused on tackling humanity's biggest problems.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Cybozu
One of Japanese largest Saas-providers
Mayekawa
Progressive 90+ year old Japanese manufacturing company
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
Delphys
Birthing house led by a self-managed group of midwifes with shared ownership and radical transparency.
Net Protections
A self-managing Japanese company with circa 300 employees
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
JetBrains
Czech Software company
Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
Pasteur Byabeza
Pasteur Byabeza is one of the pioneers behind the transformation of a higher learning institution in Rwanda.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Futureplay
A self-managed mobile game studio based in Helsinki.
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
tbd*
A self-managing company providing a platform to connect people with purposeful jobs.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Omron
Japanese manufacturer guided by SINIC theory
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Ilkka Paananen
CEO & co-founder of Supercell
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Silke Bishop
Changemaker within a charity providing residential care for children and young people in Berlin.
Shin Shibata
CEO at Net Protections
Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Valve
American video game developer.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
Lucia Martin
Pioneering within health care at self-managed birthing house Delphys.
Lynda Sagona
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
Lisa Gill
Author and podcaster on progressive ways of working. Author of Moose Heads On The Table.
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Sente
Progressive IT company based in Poland.
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Krys Burnette
Changemaker around new ways of working & Director Digital Transformation and Culture at Adidas.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.