A special workplace has many ingredients. The feeling that you are part of a team, a sense of community, the knowledge that what you do has real purpose - all these things help to make work fun. But by far the most important factor is whether people are able to use their individual talents and skills to do something useful, significant, and worthwhile.
Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job (ed. PVG, 2010) - ISBN: 9780974355290