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