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 this Startup Grind Hong Kong & Zurich 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leader across APAC, Anne brings a commercially grounded, human-centred approach to productivity - one that challenges outdated assumptions about time, effort, and performance.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 / 6:00 pm AEDT
📍 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 from effort-driven culture to outcomes-driven execution
✅ How to uncover inefficiencies leaders can’t see from a top-down view
✅ How to plan for a new era of work in 2026 

🎯 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 team performance

📌 RSVP now to secure your spot