The Concept of MEWEMIND

The Concept of MEWEMIND

We need to pay close attention to the double-edged nature of perspectives such as one’s uniqueness, independence, distinctiveness, individuality, and sense of “who I am”—the ways in which we distinguish ourselves from others.

Organizations invest a great deal of time, money, and effort in building team culture and organizational culture through approaches such as team building. Yet what we repeatedly observe in reality is that these efforts often fail to take root and are easily remembered as one-time events.

What is the problem?

 

Behind well-designed plans and organization-wide efforts lies a basic assumption:
“If we prepare this much and make this much effort, we will succeed.”

The problem begins with the initial perspective from which we approach “oneness,” such as the idea of “One Team.”

How do individuals and organizations perceive each member of the organization?

It is a paradox to try to create oneness by connecting independent individuals who each hold a differentiated and individualized sense of self. The self-awareness of the individual-a mental model widely shared in modern society-is, by nature, mutually exclusive.

This is a fundamental problem shared by conventional approaches to both self-development and organizational development.

 

I believe it is now time to change the very frame of self-awareness-that is, the mental model itself.

“My inner attributes are not independent or differentiating attributes.”

Human beings are inherently relational beings. When we begin to understand the self, we should not start from the perspective of “I” or “you,” but from the perspective of “relationship.” We need to become aware of and accept the “weness” that is fundamentally embedded within us.

 

Self-awareness must begin with “ME” and mature into a relational awareness of “WE.”

Wholeness refers to an integrated awareness of myself and ourselves as beings connected through relationship. It is the result of self-awareness deepening from a lower level to a more mature and profound level.

I call this deeper level of self-awareness and attitude MEWEMIND.

MINDNESS is not based on the distinction between “me” and “you.” Rather, it represents a third perspective of maturity and evolution: the self-awareness that “there is a WE within me,” together with a well-aligned psychology of communal consciousness.

MEWEMIND is a new mental model needed in the age of AI.

— Thinking Partner, Dr. Lee Sukjae