In this special issue titled "Learning organization, organizational learning and innovation: new and critical perspectives," we have combined papers that link learning organizations, organizational learning and innovation from new perspectives and discussed ways and means to improve organizational learning capability. In this regard, Peschl (2022) explored learning from the future as a new paradigm for integrating organizational learning and innovation and suggested strengthening absorptive capacity to stimulate organizational learning or, in other words, to learn from the emerging future and cocreate it. DominguezEscrig, Malle?n Broch, Chiva, & Lapiedra Alcami (2022) examined the role of authentic leadership in organizational performance by promoting organizational learning capability. Acevedo & Diaz-Molina (2022) examined the impact of knowledge management on the development of innovation culture in learning organizations in Chile as an emerging economy. Lissillour & Rodriguez-Escobar (2022) addressed the challenging process of organizational ambidexterity and examined how corporate universities can help in this process. Achdiat, Mulyani, Azis, & Sukmadilaga (2022) analyzed literature focused on the relationship between organizational learning culture and innovation. Special issue ends with a viewpoint by Bogolyubov & Wijker (2022) shedding more light on innovation in learning organizations.