​Change is constant, exhausting and happening quicker than ever. In business we are enabled by technology, challenged by competitors, pressured to deliver more by our customers, and expected to offer more to our people.  
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It’s a pressure cooker - if we let it be.  

And sadly, what I’ve seen in our industry (and by this I broadly mean those we call business analysts, project managers, change consultants and so on) is an inability to meet these demands. Projects fail. They fail in meeting their objectives, often fail to deliver - or deliver meaning - and the people involved often have little faith in the project and leave with war wounds, demoralised and jaded.  To quote a business associate “I’ve never known a happy business analyst”. What a sad state of affairs. I could quote lots of research in the field of failed projects, but just do a quick google and it's all there. ​

​This is Milk is delighted to be taking part in the BBC Make it Digital in Scotland pilot, a joint collaboration from Skills Development Scotland (SDS), the BBC, DWP, and colleges around Scotland. It’s a pre-employment work placement programme for students (age 16 to 24) to build the digital skills they’ll need to prosper in the modern workplace.

​Why I chose to start a business and have a baby in the same year

​Between March 2014 and March 2015, three major life milestones happened.  I had a baby, passed my driving test and started a business – in that order. Ironically, passing my driving test took the longest – but that’s another story.

On the one hand, I look back and think, gosh what an achievement, and on the other I think, like many others, I must be mad! But in many ways this has just been a natural next chapter in my particular story. I was ready and willing to take it all on.