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.
Silke Bishop
Changemaker within a charity providing residential care for children and young people in Berlin.
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
Krys Burnette
Changemaker around new ways of working & Director Digital Transformation and Culture at Adidas.
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
tbd*
A self-managing company providing a platform to connect people with purposeful jobs.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Lynda Sagona 
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Lisa Gill
Author and podcaster on progressive ways of working. Author of Moose Heads On The Table.
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Karin Tenelius
Founder Tuff Leadership Training and experienced changemaker in implementing self-management.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Naomi Ryland
Co-Founder and Managing Director at tbd* - a self-managing company acting as a digital hub for purposeful work.
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Sente
Progressive IT company based in Poland.
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
August
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Valve
American video game developer.
Futureplay
A self-managed mobile game studio based in Helsinki.
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Lucia Martin
Pioneering within health care at self-managed birthing house Delphys.
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
JetBrains
Czech Software company
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Delphys
Birthing house led by a self-managed group of midwifes with shared ownership and radical transparency.
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Lisa Jaspers
Founder and CEO of Folkdays.com - online shop for fair trade fashion accessories.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
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".
Mariana Mazzucato
UCL Professor and Director of Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.
Unity Group
Progressive Polish IT company with self-organised teams, democracy, and distributed decision-making - among many other things.
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
Anna Yona
Co-Founder of Wildling Shoes - a fully remote progressive company providing sustainable footwear.
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
Erin Meyer
Author of 'The Culture Map' and professor at INSEAD Business School.