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Insights from knowledge exchange in Communities of Practice653the trans-personal knowledge concept of thinking together is at the core (Pyrko et al., 2017). In this concept of %u2018thinking together%u2019 tacit knowledge is not only exchanged, but also (re)developed as people discover each other%u2019s perspectives and experiences. New experiences are gained and added rather than being acquired and duplicated (Pyrko et al., 2017). It is still an empirical question to what extent CoP facilitate the exchange of tacit and experiential implementation knowledge, and in what way %u2018thinking together%u2019 contributes to, first, understanding the issues affecting implementation within intellectual disability care, and, second, planning future implementation.Aim and research questionThe aim of this study was to gain insight into implementation in intellectual disability care by examining the exchange of tacit and experiential knowledge in two CoP, which were set up to facilitate implementation of methods aiming to reduce involuntary care. The research question was: what were insights created through sharing tacit knowledge and experiences in CoP about implementation in intellectual disability care? MethodsContext of the studyThis study was part of a project to implement three methods that are substantively in line with the Care and Coercion Act in various organisations. The method %u201cWith other eyes%u201d aims to enhance awareness among care professionals around the application of (in)voluntary care by observation and reflection, and invites to seek alternatives (Bekkema et al., 2021). The e-tool %u201cNeeds Assessment Framework%u201d offers care professionals an easy-to-use online tool with video examples to help them reflect on clients%u2019 perspectives in the use of involuntary care, while also helping them to enhance self-determination of people with intellectual disabilities (Embregts et al., 2019). The method MDET (Multi-Disciplinary Expertise Team) is a multi-component programme aimed to reduce involuntary care with the use of multi-disciplinary consultation (Bisschops et al., 2022; Schippers, 2019). To promote and study the implementation of these methods, researchers initiated two CoP (Wenger et al., 2002) with the aim of sharing knowledge,