Time to Focus on the Truth

“Let me be as clear as I can be. In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue” said President Barack Obama during his powerful commencement address at Rutgers in May 2016. “It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about.” In recent years, the public sphere across the world has been dominated…

A. Costopoulos on the U.S. Greece relations

“We live in a truly unique period in time, full of unprecedented challenges and tectonic changes that shape a new reality, in which Greece – as we witness at the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce – remains a leading investment and business destination from the United States, empowered by renewed opportunities” FORESIGHT’s founder and Secretary…

Book launch of Political Deception

Alexandros Costopoulos was invited to participate at the book launch of Political Deception (Πολιτική Παραπλάνηση), by the renown campaign strategist Nikolaos Samaras. Mr. Costopoulos described the unique relevance of the book to today’s complex challenges in socio-economic and political affairs and its importance for strategists and “clients” pursuing multifaceted objectives. The book has been characterized…

Story, Perception, Reputation, Relations

Μολονότι το 2020 δεν είναι ακριβώς όπως το έδειχναν οι ταινίες της δεκαετίας του 90’, είναι γεγονός ότι ο κόσμος μας έχει αλλάξει δραματικά. Επιπλέον, έχει αλλάξει ο τρόπος με τον οποίο σκεφτόμαστε, κρίνουμε, επιλέγουμε και επικοινωνούμε. Όταν την δεκαετία του 90’ άρχισε να διαφαίνεται ο πολυδιάστατος ρόλος της επικοινωνίας, ήταν μια σχετικά προβλέψιμη διαδικασία.…

The Importance of Good Story Telling

At a time when information is abundant and largely accessible, when messages and all sorts of communication have reached a saturation point, substance is often lost along the way. We are on the receiving end of a colossal amount of information which we are called upon to access, analyze and filter daily, both in our…