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.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Dee Hock 
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.
Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Valve
American video game developer.
David Heinemeier Hansson
Creator of Ruby on Rails, Founder & CTO at Basecamp. Co-author of Getting Real, REWORK, Remote, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”.
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
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".
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
JetBrains
Czech Software company
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Nand Kishore Chaudhary
Chairman at Jaipur Rugs.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Basecamp
American IT company formally known as 37signals.
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
James Watt
Co-founder of BrewDog, author of "Business for Punks".
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Jason Fried
Founder & CEO at Basecamp. Co-author of Getting Real, REWORK, Remote, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”.
Atlassian
Australian software company.
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.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
Lynda Sagona
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.