Changing priorities for strategic planning from national to territorial levels

Abstract

This article deals with the new aspects of Competitive and Strategic Intelligence applied to territorial development. A key place is given to the epigenetics role of information in enabling institutions and people to move toward new visions and new methods of thinking. Territorial security is also examined as well as different contexts in which this intelligence is leveraged and implemented. Competitive and Strategic Intelligence at the territorial level must add to its already well-known methods and tools and consider all the ways to develop projects linked to the “commons” and thus be well received by the inhabitants. This article also emphasizes the need to explain, demonstrate, and openly present the options for territorial development in order to reach the widest possible consensus. A special note has been added to the introduction, since at the time of writing this paper COVID-19 has acted as a revealer of economic, social, and political life and the challenges the actors of Competitive and Strategic Intelligence may face in applying new approaches and a new vision for its role.