# Professor Beth Bechky's joint research on how SWAT teams and film crews handle surprises is referenced

1 Faculty News March 16, 2018 ![Harvard Business Review logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032358.jpg?itok=cHztGP4H)>

Excerpt from the [Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2018/03/how-to-prepare-for-a-crisis-you-couldnt-possibly-predict) -- "According to researchers [Beth Bechky](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/beth-bechky) and Gerardo Okhuysen, one critical factor that enables these teams to handle surprises is that members are familiar with everyone else’s work and understand how their various tasks fit together."

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