… A February 2026 report from labor market intelligence firm Lightcast concluded that labor scarcity is structural rather than cyclical, and that most workforce strategies are designed for a world that no longer exists. …
… AI generation is used in some areas, according to McKinsey , such as in dubbing content and speeding up laborious processes. …
… Tighter processes protect the margins that labor shortages and rising costs keep squeezing. …
… This keeps quotes consistent across your team and prevents undercharging on parts or labor. …
… The old growth playbook, more ads and a bigger budget, costs more for the same number of leads today. Growth now comes down to getting more value out of every customer and every hour your technicians spend in the field. Lead costs keep climbing while skilled technicians get harder to hold onto. …
… Zero Parades examines what happens when labor loses the class conflict, when work dries up and the bankers turn your once-thriving urban center into a tourist trap, and when the much-vaunted opportunities of the privileged world turn out to be unavailable for you. …