Observatório de inovação como ferramenta de subsídio à inteligência nas organizações

Abstract

With increasingly dynamic social, political and economic scenarios, important transformations have been taking place in our society; leading companies to face the most varied and complex problems. Thus, innovative ideas are fundamental to respond to the demands of the market and to solve the main organizational problems. The innovation process does not occur in the company in isolation, it is interactive and of a social nature, counting on the contribution of several economic and social agents, holders of different types of information and knowledge, inside and outside the company. The Innovation Observatory is a space to show, articulate, support and accompany the actors that make up the Innovation Ecosystem network in organizations, thus acting as an intelligence mechanism that supports the process of business innovation. In this way, this article aims to present the main concepts and models of Innovation Observatories existing in the literature, as well as to highlight its importance as a subsidiary element for the decision making process when the subject involves innovation. The methodology used was the bibliographical research, which was based on secondary sources of data (SCOPUS and SCIELO base), correlating the themes knowledge management, innovation, intelligence and observatories. It is concluded that there are several initiatives in Brazil and in the world, however, it is noted the lack of a standard regarding the objectives, scope of scope and results obtained. In other words, the biggest challenge is to make information increasingly organized and disseminated by Observatories.