Electives

Electives is a corporate learning platform that delivers live, virtual classes to companies. Its buyers are HR, People, Talent and L&D teams, and its users are their employees, who join instructor-led sessions, practice in AI simulations and follow structured learning paths. The homepage leads with the idea that a company's AI strategy is really a people strategy, followed by "We help HR and People teams build AI-first organizations." Under that sits the broader promise: "Live, virtual classes for employees. Measurable behavior change."

Live teaching is the center of the product, which is why it sits with the cohort and live tools in this directory. It also belongs with training libraries, AI and data courses and business skills courses, because the class library spans all three. Access is arranged by the employer: a company requests a demo, sets up a program, and its staff log in to take part.

What employees get

The core is live classes taught by vetted facilitators. The company's own guide to its approach describes them as "Live, expert-led sessions (weekly, global)". The homepage shows the kind of classes a program can include, each with its instructor:

• A leadership skills class on accountability with Kyle, VP of Schools for KIPP
• Ruthless Prioritization, a business foundations class with Joanna, a professional soccer player
• AI as a Thinking Partner, an AI and innovation class with Prapti, a design-led innovator and strategist, ex-Ford and ex-Cisco
• Getting Things Done Through Others, a manager training class with Stacey, a former sales leader at Google and Facebook
• Claude AI Masterclass, an AI and innovation class with Alexander
• Master Storytelling with Data, a communication skills class with Christopher, a data and communication expert and TEDx presenter

The range goes well beyond AI. The solutions Electives offers cover AI training, manager training, sales training, communications training, performance management, belonging and high performance culture, along with private classes, in-person sessions and offsites, and a class library. The company also sells an Electives Membership and recruits instructors through a "Teach for us" page.

Practice is the second layer. Electives runs AI simulations "for hands-on practice (like feedback conversations and AI workflows)", so an employee rehearses a difficult conversation or an AI-assisted task instead of only watching a module about it. Roleplays and custom simulations are offered as a solution of their own. Learning is organized into "Structured learning paths for managers and employees", so a program builds over several sessions rather than standing as one-off events.

Learner comments on the homepage are short and warm: "Loved all of it, very engaging, thoughtful, and easy to digest. Time flew!" Another learner writes, "I'm glad my company offers this type of training," and a third found it "fun to learn about different ways to interact with AI to get what you need out of it."

The AI-first organization program

The homepage presents its flagship offer as "The complete system for building an AI-first organization," and describes it as a modern learning platform that is "enjoyable for employees, easy for HR and L&D teams and effective for your business." It runs in three steps.

Assess. Electives baselines "AI fluency, sentiment, and manager enablement across your org in under a week," using an AI Fluency & Culture Assessment, team heatmaps and a manager-gap analysis. Companies can request the assessment directly from the homepage, without first committing to a full program.

Develop. The learning itself is "Targeted, role-based, and cohort-based learning": an AI Fluency track, classes on human capabilities, Manager Enablement and AI Simulations for practice.

Change. The third step builds AI into how work gets done, through managers, team rituals, proficiency rubrics and "the dashboard you bring to every QBR". The deliverables named are a Manager 1:1 Upgrade Playbook, AI policy templates, a proficiency rubric for performance reviews and quarterly dashboards.

The argument behind the program is spelled out plainly: "Most companies won't fail at AI because they chose the wrong tools. They'll fail because their workforce never changed how work gets done." The company sets itself apart from programs that only teach tools, saying it aims to change how the organization works.

For HR and L&D teams

The pitch to the people running the program is low effort. The homepage promises "<5 days to launch" ("Go live with a learning program that aligns with your pace of business") and "100s of hours saved", describing "a platform that runs itself." The company's guide adds built-in rollout and engagement support and "Minimal admin lift. No need to build content", so an L&D team does not have to write the courses itself.

Custom work is part of the offer too. Allie Santis, Lead People Development & Organizational Learning at Puma, describes Electives helping her brainstorm, design and roll out a custom training program: "As a solo L&D leader, working with Electives is like having a dedicated team alongside me!" Laura MacKinnon, Chief People Officer at Clari, singles out the manager training series Electives ran for her company as a highlight among the management training she has seen. Ann Zissu, Sr. People Success Partner at LinkSquares, says Electives gave her company "accessibility and options that we otherwise wouldn't have had for learning & development" and that "their curation of instructors is thoughtful and premium."

The guide's closing pitch describes Electives as a platform "that makes it easy to design, execute and measure effectiveness", with live learning and AI simulations as the two ingredients. For an HR team that has to report back to leadership, the quarterly dashboards and the assessment's heatmaps are the pieces that turn attendance into something measurable.

The figures Electives publishes

The homepage backs its claims with a short set of figures, all its own: a "+70 NPS" for its vetted facilitators, "93% behavior change" with the line "Impact your organization immediately vs. next year", "98% apply their new AI skills", "100s of hours saved" and "10x usage" compared to pre-recorded content, summed up as "Real, hands-on ROI. Not shelfware." These are the company's reported results rather than independent research, and they are best read that way. The homepage also says that 100s of HR, People, Talent and L&D teams trust Electives, and names Puma, Clari and LinkSquares among the customers it quotes.

Pricing and access

The site publishes no prices. Companies start by requesting a demo or a call through a form that asks for company name and job title, or by requesting the AI Fluency Assessment. Employees sign in to the platform, and a public status page reports its availability.

Who it suits

Electives suits HR and L&D teams that want employees in live classes rather than browsing a video library, especially where the goal is AI adoption or stronger managers. The company's guide names its best fit as "organizations prioritizing company-wide capability building, especially AI adoption and manager effectiveness." It also fits a small L&D function that needs outside help to design and run a program, which is the situation the Puma quote describes, and a company that wants a quick read on AI fluency before deciding how much training to buy. The trade-off comes with the format. Live classes happen at set times, so employees need to be free when they run, and an organization that mainly wants a large on-demand catalog for self-paced study is looking for a different kind of product from the one these pages describe.