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.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Fons Trompenaars 
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Jason Fried
Founder & CEO at Basecamp. Co-author of Getting Real, REWORK, Remote, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Futurice
Finish consulting firm.
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
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”.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Vkusvill
Russian grocery store chain.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
Nand Kishore Chaudhary
Chairman at Jaipur Rugs.
James Watt
Co-founder of BrewDog, author of "Business for Punks".
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Viisi
Dutch mortgage advice provider.
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Valve
American video game developer.
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Basecamp
American IT company formally known as 37signals.
Tom van der Lubbe
Co-founder of the progressive mortgage advice company Viisi.
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
