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.
Goodwood
Russian house manufacturer.
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.
Vincit
Finnish technology company known for its radical transparency and 'Leadership as a Service'.
Einhorn
Condom manufacturer working with radical transparency, distributed decision-making and little hierarchy.
Luthern Williams
Diversity advocate and pioneer as Principal at New Roads school in Santa Monica, US.
Dunia Reverter
Co-Founder of Krisos
Sharmadean Reid
Founder and CEO at Beautystack.
Raj Sisodia
Founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
Carlos Saba
Co-founder of The Happy Startup School.
Lisa Gill
Author and podcaster on progressive ways of working. Author of Moose Heads On The Table.
Henry Mintzberg
Professor at McGill University, author of many management books.
Adam Davids
Diversity advocate and pioneer at CareerTrackers.
Tunali Tec
Self-managing Mexican company working in the textile industry.
OneDay
A group of companies providing IT services.
Lucia Martin
Pioneering within health care at self-managed birthing house Delphys.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School, organizational psychologist and expert on workplace diversity.
Helen Bevan
Chief Transformation Officer at NHS Horizons.
La Fageda
Spanish dairy farm.
Yves Morieux
Director for BCG's Institute for Organization, author of "Six Simple Rules".
Arnaud Collery
Founder of Stand Up For Passion.
Ankur Gupta
CEO at Axelerant - a fully remote Indian based software company that's pushing the envelope on progressive workplaces.
Mondora
Software solutions company (and B Corp) working in a self-organized way.
Qualia
Mexican self-managing company that grows and sells papaya seeds.
Emmanuele Duez
Founder and president of WoMen'Up.
Bunnik Plants
Dutch plant nursery.
Premium Cola
German soft-drink brand known for consensus democracy, equal wages, and working without contracts.
Lisa Jaspers
Founder and CEO of Folkdays.com - online shop for fair trade fashion accessories.
WP Haton
Dutch baking equipment manufacturer.
Daniel Urban
Co-founder and CEO of Sente.
Tendayi Viki
Author, speaker and researcher on how corporates can innovate like startups.
Dan Price
CEO of Gravity Payments.
Xavier Huillard
CEO of Vinci SA.
Eddie Obeng
Organisational theorist, educator, author and professor.
Mindbox
Russian IT company.
10Pines
A software company with no-bosses, 80+ people, an open-book management policy, and consent decision making.
SEMrush
Russian IT company.
Mike Arauz
Co-founder August.
Barry-Wehmiller
A global supplier of manufacturing technology and services.
Valve
American video game developer.
Garry Ridge
CEO of WD-40, co-author "Helping People Win at Work".
Hamdi Ulukaya
Owner and CEO of yoghurt company Chobani.
Karin Tenelius
Founder Tuff Leadership Training and experienced changemaker in implementing self-management.
Freitag
Manufacturer of bags made from used truck tarp.
Krys Burnette
Changemaker around new ways of working & Director Digital Transformation and Culture at Adidas.
Ben Kuiken
Author of "De Laatste Manager" & "Fuck de Regels".
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.
Aaron Dignan
Founder The Ready, author of "Brave New Work".
Megan Reitz
Professor at Ashridge Hult, author of "Speak Up".
Anna Yona
Co-Founder of Wildling Shoes - a fully remote progressive company providing sustainable footwear.
Fons Trompenaars
Professor at VU University Amsterdam, author of "Riding The Waves of Culture" & "Managing People Across Cultures".
Jaipur Rugs
India's largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs.
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist, Wharton Professor, and author of "Originals".
Alexander Kjerulf
Founder of Woohoo Inc., author of "Happy Hour Is 9 To 5".
Bob Chapman
Chairman & CEO of Barry-Wehmiller
Mariana Mazzucato
UCL Professor and Director of Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose.
Qiwi
Russian bank.
Professor at London Business School, author of "Reinventing Management", "Giant Steps in Management" & "Becoming a Better Boss".
tbd*
A self-managing company providing a platform to connect people with purposeful jobs.
Christobal Colon
Spanish psychologist, CEO of La Fageda.
Mainfreight
Global logistics provider
Dominic Jackman
Co-founder of Escape the City.
Centiro
Swedish software company working for decades with self-managing teams, servant leadership and a freedom-oriented workplace.
Dee Hock
Founder and former CEO of Visa, author of "One from Many".
Uwe Lübbermann
Founder and central moderator of soft-drink brand Premium Cola
Futurice
Finnish consulting firm.
The Ready
American organizational design consultants.
Silke Bishop
Changemaker within a charity providing residential care for children and young people in Berlin.
Mirai Industry
Japanese manufacturing company of all sorts of technical equipment.
Supercell
Gaming company with a pioneering organizational structure
Atlassian
Australian software company.
Grupo Anga
Fully remote, progressive group of companies in Brazil.
John Lewis
Chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Manas
IT company with progressive and highly participative ways of working.
Upstalsboom
German hotel chain.
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kyocera and KDDI.
HCL Technologies
Indian multinational IT service and consulting firm.
Mathieu Weggeman
Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, author of "Managing Professionals? Don't!"
Futureplay
A self-managed mobile game studio based in Helsinki.
Good Rebels
Spanish consulting firm.
Versa
Australian voice and digital agency.
Mayden
Self-managed health care technology company.
JetBrains
Czech Software company
Sol
Family business offering maintenance and supporting services.
Mindera
A Portuguese software development company with no traditional hierarchy, distributed decision-making, and radical transparency.
David Burkus
Associate professor of Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management".
Professor at London Business School, author of "Leading the Revolution", "The Future of Management" & "What Matters Now".
Vineet Nayar
Former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of "Employees First, Customers Second".
Fredrik Palmgren
Co-founder of Centigo and Business Wellness Group, a bossless consulting firm with approximately 400 colleagues.
Axelerant
Fully remote IT company with around 110 team members.
Gravity Payments
American financial services company.
Naomi Ryland
Co-Founder and Managing Director at tbd* - a self-managing company acting as a digital hub for purposeful work.
Nucor
American steel manufacturer
Bakker van Maanen
Dutch bakery chain.
Massimo Bottura
Italian restaurateur and chef patron of 3 Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.
Wildling Shoes
Wildling develops minimal shoes produced under fair conditions. The staff – now numbering 140 employees – works remotely, organized as a decentralized team.
Basetis
Self-managing IT company.
Jean Oelwang
CEO Virgin Unite.
W.L Gore
Multinational manufacturing company most known for it's Gore-Tex material.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Men and women of the corporation" & "Innovation: the classic traps".
Beetroot
Ukrainian IT company.
P4Q
Manufacturer of electronics with factories in Spain, USA & China.
Niverplast
Dutch packaging machines manufacturer.
Netflix
American media-services provider and production company.
Delphys
Birthing house led by a self-managed group of midwifes with shared ownership and radical transparency.
Kees Klomp
Author of 'De Betekenisecomonie'. Activist for the 'purpose economy' - a more purpose-drive approach to running organizations.
Amy Edmondson
Professor at Harvard Business School, author of "Teaming" & "The Fearless Organization".
Virgin
British multinational conglomerate founded by Richard Branson.
DISCO Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company known for its P-Will management system.
Dharmu Vanjani
CEO at SS Natu Plastics & Metals. Pioneering liberated workplaces in India.
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group and author of various books (i.e. Like a Virgin).
Erin Meyer
Author of 'The Culture Map' and professor at INSEAD Business School.
Kazuma Sekiya
CEO of DISCO Corporation, a Japanese company known for its pioneering management practices.
Jack Stack
Founder and CEO of SRC, author of "The Great Game of Business".
Francesca Gino
Professor at Havard Business School, author of "Rebel Talent".
Odd-e
Singapore based training company with radical transparency, self-set salaries, and no bosses.
WD40
Manufacturer of household and multi-use products.
Bushe
Russian bakery.
Bill Fischer
Professor at IMD, author of "Reinventing Giants".
SRC Holdings
Employee owned manufacturing company & home of "The Great Game of Business" (or open book management)
Chris Rufer
Founder of Morning Star.
Stanley McCrystal
Former U.S. Army general, author of "Team of Teams".
Sente
Progressive IT company based in Poland.
Cooperative Gestión Participativa
Cooperative with 700 associated workers but no directors, bosses, or managers.
Lynda Sagona
CEO and facilitator of the ongoing transformation at United Welsh.
Unity Group
Progressive Polish IT company with self-organised teams, democracy, and distributed decision-making - among many other things.
Former financial controller at Morning Star, author of "Beyond Empowerment" & "The No-Limits Enterprise".
Mastek
Indian technology company practicing principles of self-management.