AlSaied, Mohammad KhalidAlkhoraif, Abdullah Abdulaziz2024-04-042024-04-042024-01-12AlSaied MK, Alkhoraif AA. (2024) The role of organizational learning and innovative organizational culture for ambidextrous innovation. The Learning Organization, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 205-2260969-6474https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-06-2023-0101https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/21142Purpose In the era of hyper-competitiveness, firms, especially project-based management structures, have to focus on ideas for both new and existing sets of products and services, i.e. ambidextrous innovation. The ambidextrous innovation can be helpful, but achieving such a level is a problem to be solved. This study aims to yield ambidextrous innovation by using innovative culture and knowledge that has been gained from learning. Design/methodology/approach The present research collected data from Saudi Arabian public-sector firms. The data collected is analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings The findings of the study suggest that a range of factors can be operationalized in project-based firms to establish organizational learning and innovation culture. These factors include agile-based project management, leveraging existing innovative capabilities and growth mindset in case of innovative organizational culture and additional factors of agile-based knowledge management along with others in case of organizational learning. The PLS-SEM further concluded that both organizational learning and innovative organizational culture, in turn, help project-based Saudi Arabian public-sector firms to develop their ambidextrous innovation capability. Originality/value The PLS-SEM further concluded that both the organizational learning and innovative organizational culture, in turn, help project-based Saudi Arabian public-sector firms to develop their ambidextrous innovation capability.en-UKAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Ambidextrous innovationOrganizational learningOrganizational innovativeAgileKnowledge ManagementProject ManagementGrowth mindsetArticle