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.
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
SS Natu Plastics and Metals
Indian manufacturing company working without managers and time tracking for 3 decades.
August 
Organizational design consultancy focused on new ways of working.
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Hoxby
Network of more than 1,000 freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world.
Richard Nieuwenhuis
After sales engineer at packing machine manufacturer Niverplast.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Vkusvill
Russian self-managing grocery store chain.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Valve
American video game developer.
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
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”.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
JetBrains
Czech Software company
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
James Watt
Co-founder of BrewDog, author of "Business for Punks".
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Nand Kishore Chaudhary
Chairman at Jaipur Rugs.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
Jason Fried
Founder & CEO at Basecamp. Co-author of Getting Real, REWORK, Remote, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
Basecamp
American IT company formally known as 37signals.
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider