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A Scottish man once gave me a wonderfully descriptive word, a 'gersinter'.  We’ve all got one (go on admit it) – it’s the place where all those things you don’t really know what to do with ‘gersinter’ (say it with a Scottish accent and you might get it…no?...goes inta, into? Ha ha!).   It might be a drawer in your kitchen, a cupboard in the spare room or even the spare room itself!   You’re probably asking what this has got to do with anything – good question, I’ll try and explain. A bit earlier this year, I saw an email from Ikea inviting people to apply for the #liveLAGOM project.   I read the blurb, sounded interesting and had a philosophy I liked, so I thought “why not?”, bashed out an application, then lost all hope of ever hearing about it again.   Then out of the blue, I got an email saying I’d been successful.   To quote Wallace & Gromit, cracking! I went along to the induction, dreading that they’d ask me to talk a...