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