Jane McGonigal

Why you should listen

The director of game research and development at the nonprofit Institute for the Future, Jane McGonigal specializes in creating simulations of hard-to-imagine scenarios, helping people develop strategic, creative tools to anticipate and create the outcomes they want. She is the bestselling author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully and, most recently, Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything, Even Things That Seem Impossible Today.