This summary piece aims to provide a clear connection for leaders, managers or even individuals as they endeavor to put organizational unlearning into practice inside their organization. The author attempts to simplify the details from the diverse articles within this issue only with the aim of helping build an easier method for practical application. The summary contains three sections to facilitate the linkage across the diverse articles contained in this issue: (1) summarize the dire consequences of organizational unlearning and growth in the academic papers on the topic; (2) outline some similarities in the phases organizations confront during unlearning; and (3) summarize steps leaders can take to prepare their organization for organizational unlearning.