Rise and fall of Dr Duckett

"Quite frankly, since he's come to Alberta, he hasn't consulted widely with the key folks here. That's been one of his downfalls," says University of Calgary health policy expert Dr. Tom Noseworthy. While most people with Duckett's job might have consolidated their positions with alliances and advisers, Noseworthy says the CEO never learned the lay of the land in Alberta.

"He never surrounded himself with the kitchen cabinet of informal advisers with nothing to gain," Noseworthy says. "When he leaned back, there was nothing there."