Ron Johnson spent more than a decade working alongside Steve Jobs — including a stretch when the two spoke on the phone every night for about a year.
The former head of retail at Apple oversaw the creation of 350 stores and the development of nearly 50 more, representing nearly three-quarters of Apple’s locations today. Johnson, who stayed at the company until Jobs’ death in 2011, said the Apple cofounder left him with an important lesson that he still carries today.
“The big one is: Don’t be in a hurry,” Johnson said during a Business Insider live Q&A about his new book, “Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple’s Genius.”
Johnson, who later…
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