The Productivity Paradox - with Anne Rayner

Описание: The Productivity Paradox
— How Time Constraints and the Productivity Bargain Unlock Sustainable High Performance

Are you working harder but not getting better results? The problem isn't effort — it's how work is designed.

In today's new era of work, leaders face a fundamental contradiction: deliver better results with fewer resources without burning out the people they depend on. Most organisations respond by pushing harder. But what if the real lever isn't more effort — it's smarter constraints?

Watch the recording of the event with Anne Rayner, Founder of Productivity Bargain, at Startup Grind Hong Kong.

Anne shares how the constraint of time, combined with what she calls a Productivity Bargain, can sharpen focus, spark creativity, and unlock bottom-up problem solving — helping leaders redesign work for sustainable high performance without the 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

📚 Book tips

Cal Newport — A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
Jenny Blake — Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business

📅 Recorded: 26 February 2026

🎤 Speaker: Anne Rayner, Productivity Bargain
🎤 Moderator: Jens Wernborg, Startup Grind Hong Kong

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," Anne challenges traditional thinking while illuminating better choices. Today, she 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.

For more information and connect with Anne, please visit:

  / anne--rayner  
https://www.productivitybargain.com

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