Jane McGonigal

Most Creative People 2009

Jane McGonigal

Game Designer

Institute of the Future

Renowned game designer Jane McGonigal makes games designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World and the inventor and co-founder of SuperBetter, a game that has helped more than 250,000 players tackle real-life health challenges such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and traumatic brain injury.

Jane McGonigal On The Web

Stories about Jane McGonigal

To Boost Productivity, Turn Your Daily Goals Into A Game

Innovation By Design

Could A Game Add 10 Years To Your Life? [Video]

How To SuperBetter Your Life With Epic Wins The Way Jane McGonigal Does

Fast Company Magazine

What To Do And See At SXSW, For The Gamer To The Style Buff

Gamer Heal Thyself With Jane McGonigal’s SuperBetter

Jane McGonigal to Find the Future at the New York Public Library

The gaming guru is organizing a game to commemorate the library’s centennial celebration; 500 hundred lucky gamers will spend the night in the main branch to complete “quests” designed by her team.

Jane McGonigal to Find the Future at the New York Public Library

Does the World Need a Game Layer?

Method: 4 Things Video Games Teach Us About Motivating People

Can This Game Help Cure Diseases?

The 10 Most Creative Women in Business

Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal, at Institute for the Future

Gaming Great Jane McGonigal Challenges the Industry: Make People Happier

Gaming Great Jane McGonigal Challenges the Industry: Make People Happier

Impact

We know how to build an all-renewable electric grid

Citibank wants to help open college savings accounts for every kid in the U.S.

4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing Amazon rainforest

Creativity

Alton Brown explains why ‘Good Eats: The Return’ is “the best work that I’ve ever done in my career”

A$AP Rocky snubbed a request to publicly thank Donald Trump

Jillian Bell on losing 40 pounds to find an emotional connection with her latest role

Co.Design

These prayer mats combine Islamic tradition and contemporary design

The brilliant UI and UX design of classic 1990s anime

These powerful fonts are based on protest movements, from civil rights to suffrage

Work Life

These are the negative effects of praise (that you’ve probably never thought about)

Why companies need to stop ignoring those without a digital presence

How to build a company culture that goes beyond free lunch and casual Fridays