James Burke shared the story with Christopher Johnson more than 40 years ago, but the life lessons still resonate with the Jets’ vice chairman.
This was early in Burke’s tenure as a high-ranking official in the Johnson & Johnson Company, which was co-founded by Christopher’s great grandfather, Robert Wood Johnson. Burke was put in charge of developing new products, and when one of them failed miserably, he was called into the office of his boss — Christopher’s grandfather, Robert Wood Johnson II.
"[Burke] made a mistake that cost the company a lot of money," Christopher Johnson told Newsday.