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.

Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.

Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.

Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.

David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".

Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.

Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".

Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.

Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.

Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".

Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.

Nucor
American steel manufacturer

Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller

Lucia Martin
Pioneering within health care at self-managed birthing house Delphys.

Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.

Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.

Shin Shibata
CEO at Net Protections

WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.

Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.

Mayekawa
Progressive 90+ year old Japanese manufacturing company

Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".

Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".

Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.

Ilkka Paananen
CEO & co-founder of Supercell

Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.

Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.

Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".

Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.

Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.

Futureplay
A self-managed mobile game studio based in Helsinki.

Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.

Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.

Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.

Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.

Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.

Dunia Reverter
Co-Founder of Krisos

SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.

Zhang Yong
Founder of Haidilao Hotpot

Bushe
Russian bakery.

Mainfreight
Global logistics provider

SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)

Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.

Wasafiri
Self-organizing company focused on tackling humanity's biggest problems.

OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.

DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.

Mindbox
Russian IT company.

Anna Yona
Co-Founder of Wildling Shoes - a fully remote progressive company providing sustainable footwear.

HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.

Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".

Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.

Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.

Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.

Lisa Gill
Author and podcaster on progressive ways of working. Author of Moose Heads On The Table.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".

Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".

Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.

Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.

Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.

Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".

W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.

Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.

10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.

Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.

Lynda Sagona
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.

Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.

Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.

Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.

Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.

Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.

La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.

Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.

JetBrains
Czech Software company

Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.

Gravity Payments
American financial services company.

Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.

Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.

Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.

Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.

Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".

Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.

Delphys
Birthing house led by a self-managed group of midwifes with shared ownership and radical transparency.

Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.

Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".

Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.

Unity Group
Progressive Polish IT company with self-organised teams, democracy, and distributed decision-making - among many other things.

Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".

Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.

Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.

Haidilao
Progressive chain of hotpot restaurants

Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.

Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".

Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.

Basetis
Self-managing IT company.

The Ready
American organizational design consultants.

John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.

Sente
Progressive IT company based in Poland.

Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.

Vincit
Finnish technology company known for its radical transparency and 'Leadership as a Service'.

Net Protections
A self-managing Japanese company with circa 300 employees

Naomi Ryland
Co-Founder and Managing Director at tbd* - a self-managing company acting as a digital hub for purposeful work.

Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".

Atlassian
Australian software company.

Omron
Japanese manufacturer guided by SINIC theory

Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.

Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.

Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.

Qiwi
Russian bank.

Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.

Valve
American video game developer.

WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.

Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.

Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.

Krys Burnette
Changemaker around new ways of working & Director Digital Transformation and Culture at Adidas.

Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".

Silke Bishop
Changemaker within a charity providing residential care for children and young people in Berlin.

Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".

Erin Meyer
Author of 'The Culture Map' and professor at INSEAD Business School.

Karin Tenelius
Founder Tuff Leadership Training and experienced changemaker in implementing self-management.

Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".

Cybozu
One of Japanese largest Saas-providers

Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.

Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".

Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.

Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".

August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.

Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"

Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.

Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure

tbd*
A self-managing company providing a platform to connect people with purposeful jobs.

Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola

Mariana Mazzucato
UCL Professor and Director of Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.

SEMrush
Russian IT company.

Lisa Jaspers
Founder and CEO of Folkdays.com - online shop for fair trade fashion accessories.

Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.

Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).

Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.