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