Glossary
Operational vocabulary
Glossary
Terms used across the platform, defined as they correspond to real operational practice.
- Convening
- A small, in-person gathering held under private conventions for considered conversation between principals.
- Private Forum
- A closed setting where participants speak on their own behalf and not for the record.
- Diplomatic Hospitality
- Hosting practice that allows principals from different jurisdictions to meet in a calm and neutral environment.
- Long-Horizon Capital
- Capital oriented toward multi-decade outcomes, typically held by family offices, principals or sovereign-linked vehicles.
- Strategic Alliance
- A long-term relationship between aligned institutions, operators or principals, formed through introduction rather than transaction.
- Cultural Architecture
- The design of narrative, environment and convening practice that shapes how leaders relate across borders.
- Two Centers
- The platform's two operating locations on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica: Punta Leona and Dominical.
- Punta Leona
- Pacific-coast location used as the platform's convening and hospitality base.
- Dominical
- Pacific-coast location used as the platform's private working environment.
- Costa Rica
- The platform's operating jurisdiction: demilitarised since 1948, internationally non-aligned, and the oldest democracy in Latin America.