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.
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Silke Bishop
Changemaker within a charity providing residential care for children and young people in Berlin.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Adam Davids 
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
tbd*
A self-managing company providing a platform to connect people with purposeful jobs.
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
Sente
Progressive IT company based in Poland.
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Vincit
Finnish technology company known for its radical transparency and 'Leadership as a Service'.
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Lisa Gill
Author and podcaster on progressive ways of working. Author of Moose Heads On The Table.
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
Lisa Jaspers
Founder and CEO of Folkdays.com - online shop for fair trade fashion accessories.
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
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".
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
P4Q
Manufacturer of electronics with factories in Spain, USA & China.
Lynda Sagona
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Naomi Ryland
Co-Founder and Managing Director at tbd* - a self-managing company acting as a digital hub for purposeful work.
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
Krys Burnette
Changemaker around new ways of working & Director Digital Transformation and Culture at Adidas.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Mariana Mazzucato
UCL Professor and Director of Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
Basetis
Self-managing IT company.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Futureplay
A self-managed mobile game studio based in Helsinki.
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
Erin Meyer
Author of 'The Culture Map' and professor at INSEAD Business School.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
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.
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
JetBrains
Czech Software company
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Karin Tenelius
Founder Tuff Leadership Training and experienced changemaker in implementing self-management.
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
Anna Yona
Co-Founder of Wildling Shoes - a fully remote progressive company providing sustainable footwear.
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Unity Group
Progressive Polish IT company with self-organised teams, democracy, and distributed decision-making - among many other things.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
Lucia Martin
Pioneering within health care at self-managed birthing house Delphys.
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
Delphys
Birthing house led by a self-managed group of midwifes with shared ownership and radical transparency.
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
Dunia Reverter
Co-Founder of Krisos
Valve
American video game developer.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.