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.
Pasteur Byabeza
Pasteur Byabeza is one of the pioneers behind the transformation of a higher learning institution in Rwanda.
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
Adam Davids 
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
Unity Group
Progressive Polish IT company with self-organised teams, democracy, and distributed decision-making - among many other things.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Naomi Ryland
Co-Founder and Managing Director at tbd* - a self-managing company acting as a digital hub for purposeful work.
Lynda Sagona
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Silke Bishop
Changemaker within a charity providing residential care for children and young people in Berlin.
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Vincit
Finnish technology company known for its radical transparency and 'Leadership as a Service'.
Shin Shibata
CEO at Net Protections
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
Valve
American video game developer.
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.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Omron
Japanese manufacturer guided by SINIC theory
Mayekawa
Progressive 90+ year old Japanese manufacturing company
Lucia Martin
Pioneering within health care at self-managed birthing house Delphys.
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Mariana Mazzucato
UCL Professor and Director of Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
Basetis
Self-managing IT company.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Lisa Jaspers
Founder and CEO of Folkdays.com - online shop for fair trade fashion accessories.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Lisa Gill
Author and podcaster on progressive ways of working. Author of Moose Heads On The Table.
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Krys Burnette
Changemaker around new ways of working & Director Digital Transformation and Culture at Adidas.
Zhang Yong
Founder of Haidilao Hotpot
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
Haidilao
Progressive chain of hotpot restaurants
Wasafiri
Self-organizing company focused on tackling humanity's biggest problems.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Cybozu
One of Japanese largest Saas-providers
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
JetBrains
Czech Software company
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Erin Meyer
Author of 'The Culture Map' and professor at INSEAD Business School.
Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Davis College
Self-managing higher learning education organization in Rwanda.
Karin Tenelius
Founder Tuff Leadership Training and experienced changemaker in implementing self-management.
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Ilkka Paananen
CEO & co-founder of Supercell
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
tbd*
A self-managing company providing a platform to connect people with purposeful jobs.
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.
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
Futureplay
A self-managed mobile game studio based in Helsinki.
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
Dunia Reverter
Co-Founder of Krisos
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Delphys
Birthing house led by a self-managed group of midwifes with shared ownership and radical transparency.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Net Protections
A self-managing Japanese company with circa 300 employees
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.
Anna Yona
Co-Founder of Wildling Shoes - a fully remote progressive company providing sustainable footwear.
Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Sente
Progressive IT company based in Poland.