From a point of view based on the instability in several sectors of our economy, we aim to investigate in this article whether the managers of a certain company have been promoting innovation activities. This research comprised a random sample of 109 managers of a large company of the Brazilian energy sector with more than 10,000 employees spread throughout Brazil. The goal was to relate the duties of managers regarding innovation activities promoted in their management. We elaborated a list of duties of managers based on the work of renowned authors and a list of types of innovation activities according to the Oslo Manual. Each manager was asked to indicate, for each of his listed duties, if he had promoted some type of activity within a year, and also the type of activity. The most common results demonstrated the most exercised duties during this period, as well as the types of innovation activities most promoted. This study revealed significant relationships from a quantitative point of view. The experience was idealized as a prototype that fulfilled its function of stimulating the knowledge of an institutionâs own managerial body, and it can be applied to any company.