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Unleashing Potential: Antony Baker's Vision for Trust, Talent, and Transformation

Antony Baker · December 26, 2025

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Unleashing Potential: Antony Baker's Vision for Trust, Talent, and Transformation

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December 26, 2025 · 44 min

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Key topicsWhy Traditional Consulting Breaks Down When Agility Matters MostFinancial institutions still rely on legacy consultancies that move slower than market change. Antony explains how FIFTEEN’s transparent 15% model and on-demand deployment help regulated firms adapt in days, not quarters. He challenges the assumption that speed sacrifices compliance-and shows how transparent pricing and fractional management deliver both control and accountability. How to Use AI to Scale Human Expertise-Not Replace ItThe AI gold rush has left many founders chasing automation instead of advantage. Antony reframes AI as an amplifier of people, not a substitute for them. Through FIFTEEN’s tech foundation, Adoniss AI, he shows how businesses can shorten execution cycles and boost ROI without eroding the relationships that drive performance. Building a Transparent Talent Ecosystem That Actually Works for PeopleHiring through layers of agencies and opacity drains both money and morale. Antony shares how FIFTEEN built a vetted community representing the top 15% of talent-complete with an academy pipeline for rising professionals-and how clarity in cost and opportunity creates better outcomes for everyone on both sides of the contract. View all topics →

About Antony Baker

Antony Baker, podcast guest

Founder & CEO of FIFTEEN — Rebuilding Trust and Transparency in the Business of Talent

World Champion WindsurferProfessional MMA fighterFounder & CEO 15.Group15% Transparent talent model

Antony Baker has spent his career questioning how business really works when trust, transparency, and talent are treated as more than buzzwords. Before founding FIFTEEN, he led high-performance teams across financial services, compliance, fintech, and crypto, discovering again and again that most organisations struggled not with strategy, but with people.

That realisation inspired FIFTEEN: a network built to replace the traditional consulting model with something faster, fairer, and human. Through a transparent 15% model, a vetted community of top-tier professionals, and an AI-driven platform that matches projects in days, Antony’s team helps businesses deploy expertise with measurable outcomes.

Underpinning it all is Adoniss AI, FIFTEEN’s quiet engine that handles the heavy lifting of matching, tracking, and forecasting. But for Antony, technology is only as valuable as the community it serves. The company’s mission—transparency, trust, transformation—reflects his conviction that business should reward openness, not opacity.

His own path has been shaped by resilience and reinvention. A former elite athlete, Antony brings the same discipline and curiosity that once drove him in the ring and on the water to how he builds companies and people. A late ADHD diagnosis reframed his perspective on focus and leadership, and he now speaks candidly about performance, adaptability, and the human side of growth.

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In this dynamic episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we are excited to featureAntony Baker, founder and CEO of 15 Group. With a rich background that spans elite athletics and various business sectors, Antony shares his remarkable journey from world champion windsurfer and mixed martial artist to a leader in the consulting industry. He candidly discusses how his upbringing and experiences shaped his understanding of talent, trust, and transparency in business. Antony emphasizes the importance of people over strategy, revealing how he built his company on the principles of community-driven solutions and high performance. Listeners will gain valuable insights into the challenges of hiring and the pitfalls businesses often encounter, as well as the transformative power of AI in optimizing operations. Antony also opens up about his ADHD diagnosis and how it has become a superpower in his leadership style. Join us for an engaging conversation that inspires you to rethink your approach to business and personal growth. Discover more about Antony and his work at www.15group.com.

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