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Jimmie Butler was born in Winchester, Virginia in the Northern Shenandoah Valley where, except for a seven-year stint in the Tampa Bay Florida area, the valley is still home.

He is a strategist and trusted advisor improving how government organizations deliver digital services and mission outcomes. Over the course of a career spanning more than thirty years, he has worked across both commercial and government environments, from early-stage startups to large enterprises.

He believes government is filled with talented people who want to deliver better results but often face organizational constraints that make that difficult. Jimmie founded StrategiX to partner with government leaders and their contractors to redesign operating models to build ...more

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Most organizations fail to execute their strategies. There are many interrelated reasons for failure – enough to write a book about. One common problem is a lack of strategic focus. Many do not even know what the organization’s strategic objectives are, yet alone how the work they are doing every day supports the strategy, or even the team down the hall (so to speak). This is a problem rooted in a

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“What you do matters; why you do it matters more.”
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“A slight shift in perspective changes everything.”
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“What you do matters; why you do it matters more.”
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“It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do.”
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