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.

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Stories about Jane McGonigal

This new exhibition helps you visualize the future using gesture-controlled LED screens

Designed by Rockwell Group and developed by the Smithsonian and Institute for the Future, the Futures exhibition helps visitors wrap their minds around what our future might hold.

This new exhibition helps you visualize the future using gesture-controlled LED screens

To Boost Productivity, Turn Your Daily Goals Into A Game

Author, gamer, and play evangelist Jane McGonigal wants us all to have more fun at work, and says that looking at pictures of baby animals makes us happier and more productive. Procrastinators, rejoice!

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

From Nike+ to The Email Game, McGonigal is at the forefront of a movement intent on making it fun to reach everyday goals. Grab yourself a power-up and listen in.

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

Don’t know how to wade through the hundreds of music, film, and interactive events at the hipster’s smorgasbord in Austin? Don’t worry, we did it for you.

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

ESG investing has a sustainability blind spot: supply chains

Ikea says it will eliminate plastic packaging by 2028

5 books Bill Gates recommends for holiday gifting

News

Dollar Tree bumps prices by 25% to $1.25, ending run as one of last true dollar stores in U.S.

Biden admin to tap 50 million barrels of emergency oil reserves: When will you see gas prices drop?

Kraft Kool-Aid, tea, and lemonade recall: Don’t serve these drinks on Thanksgiving due to glass and metal contamination

Co.Design

What if McDonald’s ditched all plastic in Happy Meals? This designer created a gorgeous alternative

Forget utopia. The Smithsonian wants you to design something just a bit more realistic

How one artist used NFTs to do what he loved—and made a six-figure salary in the process

Work Life

Your business needs a story. Here are 6 ways to make it a standout

3 strategies that help fight nerves before an important event

7 books to read if your workplace is full of jerks