This CEO was once told he wasn’t making enough mistakes

Insignia Financial’s Renato Mota talks about embracing risk and the importance of allowing the mind to wander.

Sally PattenBOSS editor

Nov 21, 2023 – 5.00am

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Early in his career, the outgoing chief executive of Insignia Financial was given a crucial – if somewhat counterintuitive – piece of advice. He wasn’t making enough mistakes.

Renato Mota, who has been CEO of the listed financial services company for four and a half years, was taken aback.

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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.