Stop eulogizing, complicating or straitjacketing the concept of organizational unlearning, please

Purpose This paper aims to provide some comments on the four papers, other than the author’s own, that were included in a recent special issue on organizational unlearning. Design/methodology/approach The author carefully reads these papers and identify problems that may hinder unlearning research. Findings While each paper has its own merits, a common problem shared by the papers is that the concept of organizational unlearning is unnecessarily eulogized, complicated or straitjacketed. Research limitations/implications The author’s discussion focuses only on a problem related directly to the concept of unlearning, and does not cover other, though less serious, issues. Originality/value The author’s comments help readers better understand the concept of unlearning and so facilitate the further development of unlearning research.