Success Quote by Hilary Rosen

“Cutting edge” is the oldest new idea in the corporate lexicon, and Rosen knows exactly why it still works: it’s a vibe disguised as a strategy. The line stacks superlatives (“so many different industries,” “so many different interests”) to create the impression of inevitability. If you touch everything, you can’t be pinned down on any one thing. It’s less a map of what the organization does than a preemptive defense against the question, “So what’s the business model?”

The second half switches from boardroom abstraction to sensory metaphor: “out there in the sunshine.” That move is doing quiet reputational labor. Sunshine signals transparency, warmth, and public approval; it suggests there’s nothing shadowy, monopolistic, or self-interested here, even though cross-industry influence often invites exactly those suspicions. “And it feels fine” is the tell. It’s not a claim about measurable outcomes; it’s a claim about morale and legitimacy. The emotional register is breezy, almost California casual, as if the scale of ambition should be taken as proof of benign intent.

Context matters with Rosen: a media-and-policy operator accustomed to selling complexity to audiences primed to distrust it. This kind of language is designed for a moment when institutions want to look like innovators rather than gatekeepers. The subtext is confidence management: keep everyone focused on excitement and momentum, not on who benefits, who pays, and what happens when the “cutting edge” cuts back.