Employee recognition doesn't always have to be anticipated by your staff for morale to improve. Sometimes it's unexpected little things that can boost morale and drive motivation. Tanveer Naseer posted a write-up last week explaining how a soda machine could teach all of us a thing or two about motivation. His post included a video of Coca-Cola placing a vending machine on a college campus and providing students with more than just the one Coke they were expecting.