This description is about the importance of being aware of office politics. Office politics can be a tricky and complex landscape to navigate, and it is important to be mindful of the dynamics between colleagues and management. Knowing how to handle yourself in a professional manner and understanding the power dynamics at play can help
From Wikipedia
Mono no aware (物の哀れ), lit. 'the pathos of things', also translated as 'an empathy toward things', or 'a sensitivity to ephemera', is a Japanese idiom for the aesthetic appreciation of impermanence , or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.