An Agent Told Me, "I Miss the Password Resets." She Named the Biggest Unmeasured Cost of AI in 2026. 3r conversation control method agent attrition agent burnout ai in customer service call center burnout contact center ai contact center burnout customer experience customer service training cx leadership de-escalation frontline teams myra golden recovery debt Aug 10, 2026

Last month I was in Montreal, installing my 3R Conversation Control System™ for a client's frontline team, when a contact center representative said something that stopped me mid-slide.

“I miss the password resets.”

The room laughed. Then it got very quiet, because everyone wearing a headset in

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The Wrong Half of the Call: Why Contact Center AI Keeps Stalling and the Role That Fixes It after-call work agentic ai ai employee manager ai employees ai in customer service average handle time call center burnout contact center ai contact center management customer experience leadership customer service ai de-escalation myra golden Jul 10, 2026

For twenty-five years I have watched the same scene on every contact center floor I have worked. A rep takes the hard call. She absorbs the frustration, steadies her voice, finds the policy, and earns back a customer the company nearly lost. Then the line clears, and her reward begins. The notes.

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Don't Fire Your Agents. Promote Them: The New Contact Center Where AI Takes the Calls and Your People Take Charge ai adoption ai agent manager ai in customer service call center jobs contact center ai contact center management customer experience customer service ai de-escalation employee retention human in the loop ikea ai case study myra golden Jul 03, 2026

Last October, my daughter was laid off, and the company named AI as the reason. I wrote about her last week, about the months of applications that went nowhere and the federal case that finally said her suspicions deserved to be heard.

So believe me when I tell you I have thought hard about what

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Top Contact Center Trends for 2023 You Need to Know contact center ai contact center efficiency contact center management contact center trends 2023 May 17, 2023

As a former Contact Center Manager, I'm always looking at trends and trying to stay ahead of the game, and I know you are, also. I've spent time talking to experts, exploring new technology, and, most importantly, listening to contact center leaders. I've put all my research in this article to help ...

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