The Productivity Paradox: Rethinking Time, Performance, and Results in a New Era of Work
How Anne Rayner Uses Time Constraints and the Productivity Bargain to Unlock Sustainable High Performance
In today’s new era of work, leaders are grappling with a fundamental contradiction: how to deliver better results with fewer resources - without burning out the talent they rely on. The problem isn’t effort. It’s design.
We’re proud to welcome Anne Rayner, Founder of Productivity Bargain, to to this Startup Grind Hong Kong & Zürich joint event.
Drawing on 25 years as a senior leader across APAC, Anne brings a commercially grounded, human-centred approach to productivity - one that challenges outdated assumptions about time, effort, and performance.
Anne will share how the constraint of time, combined with a Productivity Bargain, can unlock focus, creativity, and bottom-up problem solving — helping leaders redesign work to achieve sustainable high performance.
📅 Date: Thursday, 26 February⏰ Time: 3:00 pm HKT / 8:00 am CET📍 Location: Online (Virtual Event)
🎤 Meet the Speaker
Anne Rayner is a former APAC C-suite leader and the founder of Productivity Bargain, a change program helping forward-thinking leaders design work better to raise productivity and reduce churn.
With a 25-year career in insights and leadership, Anne has worked across Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney, turned around businesses across Asia, and spoken at events in 12 APAC markets. Known for applying both “heat and light,” she challenges traditional thinking while illuminating better choices.
Today, Anne helps leaders unlock sustainable high performance in the new era of work - using time constraints and a Productivity Bargain to lift productivity while reducing burnout.
💡 What You’ll Learn
✅ How time constraints sharpen focus and build productivity “muscle”
✅ What a Productivity Bargain is and how it unlocks bottom-up innovation
✅ How to shift the system of work, not just demand more from individuals
✅ How to uncover inefficiencies leaders can’t see from a top-down view
✅ Practical ways to create capacity in your work week
🎯 Who Should Attend?
🚀 Startup founders who want to scale teams and avoid burnout
📈 Leaders under pressure to deliver more with fewer resources
📢 Professionals who believe productivity is a design choice — not a grind
🚀 Don't miss this opportunity to Unlock High Performance
📌 RSVP now to secure your spot
Agenda
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Speaker
Anne Rayner - Productivity Bargain (Founder)
A former C-suite leader in APAC, Anne’s 25-year career in insights taught her that applying both heat and light - applying a blowtorch to traditional thinking and illuminating better choices - is the key to smarter business design.
Anne has worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney, turned around businesses from Myanmar to Malaysia, spoken at events in 12 APAC markets, and in the name …
Hosted By
Jens Wernborg, Director
Over 25 years of experience doing business with companies in Hong Kong, China and India across a wide range of industries.
Have worked with companies to successfully increase sales, save costs through purchasing and outsourcing, establish local presences, recruit and train staff and use digitalization to improve their productivity.
Always looking for ways to streamline and make businesses more efficient using digital tools and services. Knows how to get things done.
Margaret Leung, Co-Director
Margaret is a seasoned Business Consultant and Project/Event Manager who helps foreign companies, both large and small, develop new business and expand in Hong Kong and Greater China. She also has over 20 years of experience in curating and managing events such as seminars, exhibitions, and official-cum-business delegations across multiple industries. This involves working closely with government officials, C-level executives, and collaborating with project team members from different countries and cultures.
Since joining the Startup Grind team in October 2017, Margaret has been deeply inspired by the dynamic energy of the startup ecosystem. She is passionate about community building and fostering meaningful connections among entrepreneurs and professionals.
Amrit Sethi, Startup Grind Moderator
Guest moderator Startup Grind Hong Kong.
Over 30 years of experience helping clients explore the world and make travel stress free.
Individual and corporate travel. Specialist groups, cruises, tours, worldwide hotels, sightseeing, sport competitions. Visa services in Hong Kong.
I combine my teams expertise with a personal touch to ensure that your travel plans meet your needs and wishes while eliminating all the hassle.
Marin Magré, Ambassador
A Frenchman who grew up in Poland, studied in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and started a coffee business in Guatemala before deciding to go back to Hong Kong to be closer to the world of Tech and AI.
My strengths are my international and broad vision combined with a keen sense for operational detail, my fearless go-getter attitude and my attraction to building mutually beneficial relationships.
Excited to be part of the SG community to learn and grow alongside inspiring and innovating people seeking to make a positive impact!
Keith Engine, Mentor
Life is too short to... I love to explore new things - globetrotter, bookworm, and you can see me in most of the startup events in Hong Kong (and beyond) - hunt me! Besides Startup Grind, I was the organizer of Startup Weekend and AngelHack. Some topics can get my immediate attention: emerging technologies, youth entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, startup ecosystem in Asia Pacific. I'm approachable, so, feel free to drop me a message on LinkedIn!
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