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.
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
Freitag 
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
Futurice
Finish consulting firm.
Basecamp
American IT company formally known as 37signals.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Valve
American video game developer.
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Nand Kishore Chaudhary
Chairman at Jaipur Rugs.
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
Jason Fried
Founder & CEO at Basecamp. Co-author of Getting Real, REWORK, Remote, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”.
James Watt
Co-founder of BrewDog, author of "Business for Punks".
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Vkusvill
Russian self-managing grocery store chain.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
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!"
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
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”.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
JetBrains
Czech Software company