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