Knowledge sharing is also likely to improve team performance because of its beneficial effect on team coordination. We argue that knowledge sharing assists in the creation of shared mental models and development of transactive memory, thereby enabling better coordination among team members. Shared mental models can be defined as common knowledge held by team members about their task and/or social processes. According to Okhuysen and Eisenhardt (2000), if members share information over time, they develop an ability to recognize and process information in blocks or patterns rather than discrete units. This pattern processing (i.e., intuition) is faster than processing single pieces of information. Thus, information sharing over time can lead to the development of collective intuition. Given experience in sharing knowledge, team members are able to understand even small cues from others and fill in the blanks. Thus, knowledge sharing assists in the formation of shared mental models that enable people to be “on the same page” during task execution and achieve higher team performance. Ample evidence from laboratory experiments and a study of air traffic controllers illustrates the positive effects of shared mental models on team performance.