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Electives Co-Founder featured on the Storylines Live podcast

Storylines Live breaks down business storytelling and interviews business leaders and marketing experts about their own stories.

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Insights from Ellen Raim, Founder of People MatterWe focus more on solving than preventing People problems.

Jason Lavender, Co-Founder and CEO of Electives, joined Paul Furiga on the Storylines Live to talk about why building relationships is necessary to form lifelong business partnerships. 

Storylines Live breaks down business storytelling and interviews business leaders and marketing experts about their own stories.

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Remote work exposed the capability gap you ignored

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Making every week a ‘Learning at Work Week’
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Making every week a ‘Learning at Work Week’

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