"He uses technocrats who perform and he doesn't feel insecure if someone knows better, " says former Agriculture Minister Guy Scott.

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"Scott's a nice big guy and I think he's been unlucky - especially for it to happen to him twice, " said Beattie.

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Scott describes himself as a by the numbers guy, who helped transform the hospital industry with a focus on quality and accountability.

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John Gruber has a pretty good guess (I think) that perhaps Scott was well-protected when Steve Jobs, the guy who hired him out of Stanford to work at NeXT and mentored him, was around.

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"It was one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that is Greg Norman, " Scott said.

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