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.
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Hoxby 
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
Valve
American video game developer.
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Mariana Mazzucato
UCL Professor and Director of Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
Silke Bishop
Changemaker within a charity providing residential care for children and young people in Berlin.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
Karin Tenelius
Founder Tuff Leadership Training and experienced changemaker in implementing self-management.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
Anna Yona
Co-Founder of Wildling Shoes - a fully remote progressive company providing sustainable footwear.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
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.
Naomi Ryland
Co-Founder and Managing Director at tbd* - a self-managing company acting as a digital hub for purposeful work.
Vincit
Finnish technology company known for its radical transparency and 'Leadership as a Service'.
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
Lisa Gill
Author and podcaster on progressive ways of working. Author of Moose Heads On The Table.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Delphys
Birthing house led by a self-managed group of midwifes with shared ownership and radical transparency.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
Sente
Progressive IT company based in Poland.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Lisa Jaspers
Founder and CEO of Folkdays.com - online shop for fair trade fashion accessories.
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.
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
JetBrains
Czech Software company
Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Erin Meyer
Author of 'The Culture Map' and professor at INSEAD Business School.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
Unity Group
Progressive Polish IT company with self-organised teams, democracy, and distributed decision-making - among many other things.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Futureplay
A self-managed mobile game studio based in Helsinki.
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
tbd*
A self-managing company providing a platform to connect people with purposeful jobs.
SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Lynda Sagona
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Lucia Martin
Pioneering within health care at self-managed birthing house Delphys.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Krys Burnette
Changemaker around new ways of working & Director Digital Transformation and Culture at Adidas.
