Atlassian’s FedEx Day program wherein the employee is allowed to try , experiment and present his/her own idea is a great example of nurturing intrinsic motivation in employees.

This has been mentioned in more details by Daniel Pink in his book Drive.

The following link aptly highlights the innovative program undertaken by Atlassian to nurture Motivation 3.0 in its employees.

Source – ideachampions.com

http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2011/12/atlassian_is_a.shtml