Cheryl Cran

Cheryl Cran is the founder of NextMapping™/NextMapping.com, creator of the NextNow podcast, and the CEO of parent company Synthesis at Work Inc.

Named #1 Future of Work influencer by Onalytica, and in the top ten future of work experts by GoCatalant.

Cran is the author of 10 books including her newest, “Super.Crucial.Human” and her bestsellers, “NextMapping – Anticipate, Navigate and Create The Future of Work” and “The Art of Change Leadership – Driving Transformation In a Fast Paced-World.”

Cran’s thought leadership on the future of work has been featured in publications such as Fast Company, Huff Post, Forbes, Metro New York, Entrepreneur Magazine, Reader’s Digest, CBS Online, and NBC Online. For over two decades, Cran has built a reputation for delivering extraordinary value for clients that include Amazon, Upwork, AT&T, Gartner, Scottish Water, and ExecOnline.

Clients rate her keynotes on topics such as the hybrid workplace, the human future, the future of leadership, and leading hybrid teams as being well-researched and highly relevant to the rapidly changing workplace.

Cran brings unique, multi-industry perspectives to her clients, gained from years of successfully working with a multitude of organizations.

Her extensive experience and successful track record provide unparalleled value to her clients.

Cran helps leaders and teams to enhance their perspectives to expand opportunities, identify successful patterns, and adapt and grow at the speed of change.

NextMapping™ was developed as our proprietary business solution brand that encompasses all of Cran’s work and research on the future of work and the crucial skills needed by leaders and teams to navigate change in the workplace.

Cran is not just a futurist who shares trends; she is a pragmatic optimist and a future of work expert who helps her clients to “create the future now” by leading necessary changes.

It’s time to not just hear about the future but to create change and use models and tools developed, including our proprietary NextMapping™ process, to achieve it!

The common theme in all of Cran’s work is to change the world through business by focusing on a human-centric future. This involves leveraging technology to automate routine tasks, thereby enhancing the human elements of work.