Jane McGonigal

Game Designer and Author, SuperBetter and Reality Is Broken,

Jane McGonigal is a game designer, best-selling author, and leading speaker on the engagement economy and the application of game design to the real world. She also serves as director of game research and development with the Institute for the Future. Dr. McGonigal holds a PhD from UC Berkeley. Her best-known project is SuperBetter, a mobile app and web-based game that helps individuals take on personal health challenges; her recent book, SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient, reveals scientific research into the ways games change how we respond to stress, challenge, and pain. Her previous book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, makes the case that the gamer spirit—an attitude of fun, dedicated, collective problem-solving—is our greatest asset as we face the problems of the 21st century.