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Insights from knowledge exchange in Communities of Practice833Finally, the interactions in the CoP led to thought experiments in which new ideas came up that participants can benefit from when implementing new methods in their organisations. Such as, for example, writing an implementation plan in advance of each implementation, and the importance of sharing this plan with care professionals and other stakeholders, or the use of coaches who can guide implementation processes.Limitations First, although this study touches upon many, in our view, important topics concerning implementation in intellectual disability care, it was not the aim of this study to provide a complete overview. Our focus was on exchanging and collectively learning from tacit implementation knowledge and previous experiences of care professionals and expert-by-experience. Therefore we assume not all relevant topics concerning implementation in general were discussed. For example, topics such as scaling up and sustaining innovations in normal routines of everyday work is known as important in implementation. Although participants did mention this briefly, they did not discuss this in detail, probably because they had little experience with it. Second, CoP participants had no or very little experience with implementing methods that reduce involuntary care, probably because these methods hardly existed before or are not well-known. Specific determinants concerning implementing of such methods may not have surfaced.Third, the main purpose of this study was to gain insights in tacit knowledge and experiences, and not to address collective learning processes explicitly. This allowed us to only explore the data for this purpose, without being able to conduct an in-depth investigation of collective learning processes in the CoP.Conclusion Two CoP were set up with the aim to prepare for implementing methods that reduce involuntary care. Exchanging tacit knowledge, and experiences with implementation in intellectual disability care, by managers, support and