The End of Analytics?

Earlier this month I hung out at Dreamforce, the Salesforce.com At first I was impressed that I was asked to give a keynote--I began to think of myself as the "Tony Robbins of analytics and AI," perhaps a dubious distinction--but then I realized that at any given time there are about ten keynotes being delivered. It was great to be onstage, but mostly I was just glad to find my session among the more than 3000 others. What I really enjoyed, however, was talking with other attendees of Dreamforce who are interested in analytics and AI. I learned much more from them than I ever could from hearing myself talk.