Team Up with Beata

Beata Padlo

Team Up with Beata brings you candid, practical conversations at the intersection of humans and AI. So you can collaborate better, lead with empathy, and feel hopeful about what’s next. Hosted by Beata Padlo, a seasoned product team and organizational coach, creative facilitator and curious human being. Each episode explores real-world stories, mindsets, and simple practices you can use right away. Season 2 is in the making! Follow now to get new episodes the moment they drop and start teaming up with AI in a way that feels authentic, valuable, and human.

  1. When Asking for Help Becomes an Act of Leadership with Rafael Rafa Ribeiro

    18/12/2025

    When Asking for Help Becomes an Act of Leadership with Rafael Rafa Ribeiro

    If you’ve ever felt the weight of leading alone, struggled to ask for help, or wondered how to stay human in an ever-changing tech world, this episode is for you. We talk about vulnerability, leadership, and finding clarity in uncertain times. In this conversation, we explore: Why asking for help can be an act of leadershipVulnerability and authenticity at workThe masks we wear, and how they shape our relationshipsStaying human in tech and AI-driven environments⚠️ This episode touches on sensitive topics, including suicide. Support resources are available in the notes below. About today’s guest: Rafael Rafa Ribeiro is a tech leader, agile trainer, and coach with over 25 years of experience across software development, leadership, and human development. Based in Lisbon, he blends technology, psychology, coaching, and immersive surfing experiences to help leaders show up with clarity and authenticity. LET'S CONNECT 🤗 Follow Beata:https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatapadlo https://www.instagram.com/padlo_beata Website: https://beatapadlo.com Follow Rafael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafadasilvarib https://www.instagram.com/rafadasilvarib Website: https://abundanceflow.pt ⭐ If you enjoyed this episode ⭐Please like the video, leave a comment, and subscribe for more conversations about humans, AI, and the future of collaboration. ⚠️ Support resources: If you or someone you know is struggling: 🌍 Find local crisis helplines worldwide: https://findahelpline.com 🇺🇸 U.S. & 🇨🇦 Canada: Call or text 988 🇬🇧 UK & 🇮🇪 ROI: Samaritans 116 123 🇸🇪 Sweden: Mind Självmordslinjen 90101 or chat online 🇵🇹 Portugal: SNS 24 Psychological Support Line 808 24 24 24 (24/7) If you’re in immediate danger, please contact local emergency services.

    1h 6m
  2. 03/01/2024

    Making an Impact in Tech by Building Your Personal Brand with Yota Trom

    This year, it’s time to change, it's time to shift the way we think of work and our careers and start investing in sharing our story and what we have learned to make a positive impact not only on ourselves but also on those around us and our environment. How do you make an impact in tech by creating your personal brand? In this episode, Beata Padlo talks with Yota Trom. Yota Trom is a software engineer-turned-coach, and the founder of Together in tech, a tech community with over 6000 members. She has worked in tech for over 15 years, leading teams at Amazon and Yahoo before getting her MSc in Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching. Her pioneering research and resultant publications explore the intersection of coaching and positive psychology. As a UN Women UK Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Yota is a powerful advocate for gender diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. Her mission to help people in tech unlock their inner confidence and become inspiring leaders has brought her to work with some of Europe's biggest tech companies, including Sky, Booking.com, Delivery Hero, Amazon, and Google. Yota holds an advisory role to the board of UCL School of Management, contributing her expertise to further education and leadership development. In this episode, you will hear about: How you can start building your personal brand with a few super easy steps? How to shift your mindset and start making an impact? How you can position yourself to be top of the mind for potential employers, whether you are actively looking for new opportunities or not? Mentioned in this episode: Bootcamp - https://www.togetherintech.org/imposter-syndrome-bootcamp Together in Tech Community - https://www.togetherintech.org Connect with Yota Trom LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yotatrom Learn more here - https://www.yotatrom.com Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/padlo_beata LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatapadlo

    39 min
  3. 06/12/2023

    Loneliness Epidemic, Friendships and Mental Health in Times of Layoffs and Burnout with Gitte Klitgaard

    How can we feel closer to one another and less lonely? What can we do to start small, make mistakes and be human? Gitte Klitgaard is an agile coach, trainer, advisor and mentor focusing on helping organizations implement psychological safety, responsibility, and accountability. She does this by working with teams and individuals. Among many other things she is coaching, advising, and mentoring managers and other leaders. Gitte is authentic, she will cut to the chase, and help people become themselves thereby reaching success. Her community contributions include organizing coach camps, and speaking at conferences, where she highlights and makes topics like mental health and psycholological safety accessible. She creates safe and respectful environments at work and outside. She listens to and engages the more silent voices and minority groups. So far she has keynoted on three continents and recently she contributed a chapter on team safety in The Art of Agile Development 2. edition. In her spare time, Gitte collects LEGO and Yodas and keeps in touch with friends from all over the globe including some, she considers her second family. Gitte is owner of Native Wired and has lead change at companies like IBM, LEGO, and Spotify. Mentioned in this episode: Neil Gaiman - https://bsky.app/profile/neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Interview with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia6Di_ytiSE Blue Zones book by Dan Buettner - https://www.bluezones.com/books/ Blue Zones on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/se-en/title/81214929 Seth Godin’s blog -https://seths.blog/ Connect with Gitte Klitgaard LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gitteklitgaard/ Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/padlo_beata LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatapadlo

    50 min

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Team Up with Beata brings you candid, practical conversations at the intersection of humans and AI. So you can collaborate better, lead with empathy, and feel hopeful about what’s next. Hosted by Beata Padlo, a seasoned product team and organizational coach, creative facilitator and curious human being. Each episode explores real-world stories, mindsets, and simple practices you can use right away. Season 2 is in the making! Follow now to get new episodes the moment they drop and start teaming up with AI in a way that feels authentic, valuable, and human.