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

This T-shirt uses your body heat to generate electricity

Fast Company’s Impact section is looking for a staff writer

What will make cargo bike package delivery succeed in New York?

Creativity

How a bonkers horror indie about a murderous red dress became a clever satire of consumerism

Netflix’s ‘Astronomy Club’ is an A+ sketch show skewering Hollywood’s “C+” on race

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One-stop Xmas shopping at the coolest “store” on the internet

Co.Design

This is the world’s most satisfying, or infuriating, clock

This indigenous design is being returned after a century away

This airline is replacing millions of single-use cups with tasty edible ones

Work Life

How to draw the line between preparation and procrastination

4 things you should do if you want to cut back on your meeting time

How to get out of the weeds and make time for big-picture thinking