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