Radical Candor in Action
Most conferences end with speeches. This one ends with something different: live role plays. In this closing keynote, SheTO Founder & CEO Nidhi Gupta and Radical Candor author Kim Scott will step into real leadership scenarios—delivering feedback, navigating tough conversations, and modeling what courage looks like in the moment.
Role plays are at the heart of SheTO’s Accelerator programs, where leaders practice the conversations that matter most. Now, for the first time, we’re bringing that practice to the Summit stage. Together, Nidhi and Kim will act out the messy, human side of leadership—showing what happens when feedback goes wrong, and how to do it right. Along the way, Kim will unpack the Radical Candor framework—contrasting care with clarity—and Nidhi will connect it back to how engineering leaders can build trust, resilience, and growth inside their teams.
This isn’t your typical keynote. It’s part performance, part workshop, and all real. Expect candor, laughter, and unforgettable lessons you can take back to your own leadership.
Kim Scott
AUTHOR
Kim Scott is the author of Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better and Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing your Humanity. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Kim learned the most valuable but painful management lessons as co-founder and CEO of two failed start-ups, Juice Software and Capital Thinking. Earlier in her career she was an analyst at the Soviet Companies Fund, started a diamond cutting factory in Moscow, and was director of operations of a pediatric clinic in Kosovo. Kim shares what she’s learned from failures and successes alike at Radical Candor, the executive education company she co-founded and on the acclaimed management podcasts she co-hosts. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley.
Nidhi Gupta
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
SHETO
Nidhi is the CEO and Co-Founder of SheTO, the world’s largest private community for women and non-binary engineers and engineering leaders. Less than 9% of engineering executive roles are held by women. SheTO is working on changing that.
SheTO has impacted the careers of thousands of women across the globe. Members of SheTO come from all over the tech industry, from executives at fortune 50 companies to small startups. Through its impactful programs, SheTO is growing leaders at scale. SheTO was recognized for its contributions by the White House in 2024.
Prior to founding SheTO, Nidhi was an accomplished engineering and product executive who has built, scaled, and transformed companies. She has extensive expertise in strategy, R&D, business development, and operations. As an Engineering and Product leader she is passionate about building and growing thriving operational organizations that deliver world-class products at scale.
Prior to founding SheTO, Nidhi was the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Hired, Upwork and Ning.