Experiencing is a creative act.

Right now, eight billion experiences are unfolding in one world (including yours).

I explore systems thinking, contemplative science, learning design, and art to move that creative act toward congruence, harmony, and clarity.

Clarity Partnership

When the situation is complex, more information rarely helps. Clarity does.

A one-on-one thinking partnership for leaders facing a decision or situation that matters. Four sessions to see what you're navigating whole, and know where to act first. Along the way, you strengthen your own systems thinking.

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Cover of Welcome: Notes from there, then, here and now, by Carlos A. Pompa
Welcome

Notes from there, then, here and now

Welcome is a curated selection from years of travel notebooks — notes, fragments, and quick pen drawings caught in airports, cafés, and unfamiliar streets around the world. Written in a fluid mix of Spanish and English, it's part travelogue, part sketchbook, part field guide to paying attention, and to finding purpose and meaning along the way.

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Or write to welcome@carlospompa.com with "Welcome" in the subject.

Learning Realities

Essays on how we learn, make sense, and perform — at work and in life.

Read on Substack →
Essay Club

The best way to absorb a point of view is to talk it through. Every month, we read a thought-provoking essay or paper and discuss it together in a two-hour session.

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Or write to welcome@carlospompa.com with "Essay Club" in the subject.

Carlos Pompa

Hi, I'm Carlos.

I've been experiencing this world for over four decades, trying to make sense of it through art (music, improv, photography, writing), systems thinking, and Buddhist philosophy. The more I do it, the less I understand, but the more I love it.

Seven countries have been home: Mexico, the US, France, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, and Rwanda.

For fifteen years I've designed how people learn and perform. In 2026, I spoke at TEDx Kigali. Watch the talk →

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