Sobre Honorato
Strategic Intelligence for a Changing World
Recognized as one of Brazil's leading Scenario Planning experts, Carlos Honorato is an economist with a PhD from FEA/USP, an MBA from FIA, and international extensions in Cambridge, Vanderbilt, Lyon, and China.
He has been working for over two decades training business leaders and providing strategic support to organizations facing highly complex and uncertain scenarios.
An expert in political and economic scenarios, global trends, and strategic innovation, Honorato combines academic rigor, geopolitical insight, and practical experience in companies across a variety of sectors—from industry to technology, defense to education.
He is the founder of OUTPOD, a strategic knowledge and digital education company, as well as a business consultant, postgraduate professor, and economic commentator for various media outlets.
Academic Background
2008-2012
Carlos Honorato, a PhD in Business Administration, investigated how executives express meaning in their career paths and leadership styles. Based on autobiographical essays, he proposed a new typology that links career meaning and leadership profile.
2005-2007
Carlos Honorato researched how Brazilian companies develop unique competencies that boost their global competitiveness. The study involved more than 500 companies and revealed strategic factors beyond national borders.
1992-1998
Economics
FEA-USP
An economist by training, Carlos Honorato combines analytical vision with a rare critical zeal. His solid technical foundation coexists with a keen understanding of social contradictions, forming a strategic thinker attentive to market logic and systemic flaws.
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Carlos Honorato is a specialist in Future Scenarios with a broad vision of different sectors and opportunities.
He has strategic vision and global experience across 5 continents.
The main sectors of activity are
Pharmaceutical industry
Agribusiness
Financial
Energy
The road
Construction
Technology

Economist. Strategist. Visionary.
Founder and CEO of OUTPOD and OUTPODIA, consultancies focused on future scenarios, strategic intelligence and transformation with AI. He is also a specialist in B2B markets.
With a solid academic background — Economist, Master and Doctor in Administration — he acts as a catalyst for innovation, helping companies navigate uncertainties, redesign business models and anticipate disruptions. He also has extensive international experience in the USA, Europe, China and Australia.
Carlos Honorato is an expert in future scenarios — focusing on the intersection of economic, political and technological trends. He works to identify driving forces, analyze critical uncertainties and build strategic narratives that help companies and leaders position themselves for the future. His approach combines analytical rigor, systemic vision and intelligence tools to transform uncertainty into competitive advantage.
He has driven projects for startups, multinationals and public sectors with provocative and data-driven approaches. He believes that anticipating the future is the only smart way to deal with it.
“It’s not about predicting the future. It’s about being prepared for it.”











