About

Hi, I'm Henri 👋

I’m a Finnish entrepreneur and the founder of Clorient, a creative consultancy.

This site is my personal notebook. A place for quiet observations on work and life.

Here, I write about entrepreneurship, leadership and creative work as they unfold in real life. Many of these reflections grow from my work with services and organizations, but the questions often reach beyond that.

My Story

I have always been curious about technology and how services are built around it.

I got my first computer at a very young age, and since then technology has been a natural part of my life. As a teenager, I was fascinated by games and especially by how they could be improved. How experiences could feel smoother, clearer and more meaningful.

Over time, my curiosity expanded beyond technology itself. I started paying attention to services around me. Restaurants, hotels, online shopping, everyday interactions. I began to notice how much our world is shaped by services and how differently they can feel depending on how they are designed and delivered.

Later, I realized that behind almost every modern service there is one or more IT services. To truly understand services, organizations need to look at the whole picture, not just individual parts.

Early Experiences

I was born and raised in Finland.

When I was a child, my parents once asked what I wanted to become when I grew up. Many children have clear answers. Doctor, police officer, lawyer. I didn’t. I said that one day I wanted to work on my own small projects and drink a lot of coffee. I had learned this by watching my dad.

At the time, I had no idea how close that answer would be to reality.

Learning the Meaning of Service

My first job was in a local grocery store.

I wanted to serve people in a personal and thoughtful way. I paid attention to who the customers were and how they wanted to be treated. That approach was noticed. People came back. They remembered how they were treated.

That experience taught me something fundamental. How you meet people matters. How you serve them shapes how they see you. In services, everyone deserves to be treated with respect. We are all human.

Academic Path and the IT World

After upper secondary school, I studied computer science at university and later graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree.

University taught me more than technical skills. It taught me how to think in broader systems, how to question assumptions and how to learn through discussion and reflection. I learned that the journey matters more than individual courses.

During my studies, I entered the IT world through a large banking system project. Working as a project analyst, I saw firsthand how critical good project management, collaboration and reliable IT services are behind essential services.

Discovering Service Management

Later, I joined EU funded service management projects that turned into a four-year journey.

Together with organizations of different sizes and industries, we worked on improving service management capabilities, productivity, well-being and innovation through digital services and processes.

That period made one thing very clear to me. Services touch every modern organization, regardless of size or industry. And service thinking can be applied far beyond traditional IT contexts.

Founding Clorient

After years of working in projects and permanent roles, I wanted to build something of my own.

I felt a strong need to help organizations better understand the role of services, people and thinking in long-term success. That need became Clorient.

The timing was not easy. The pandemic, economic uncertainty and global instability shaped the early days in ways no one could fully predict. Building something from scratch during that time required patience, experimentation and courage.

I have always believed in learning by doing. As an entrepreneur, I have done everything from sales to website design, not because I had to, but because I wanted to understand how service organizations work as a whole. Many people have wondered why I do so many different things. For me, it is the most natural way to learn and see the bigger picture.

If I return to that childhood dream, I can say I am living it now. I get to work on meaningful projects, help service organizations unlock their potential and still enjoy my coffee. One cup a day is enough.

Founding Clorient was an important step for me.

But it was never meant to be the final destination.

It created space to think more openly, explore ideas more freely and build something that unfolds over time.

Project 2029

Project 2029 is an ongoing exploration.

It is a place for ideas that do not always fit neatly into projects, roles or frameworks, but still matter deeply. Thoughts about work, creativity, leadership, services and the human side of building things.

Some of these reflections are practical. Others are more intuitive. All of them grow from real experiences and lived moments.

Project 2029 is not about having answers.

It is about staying curious, paying attention and learning as things evolve.

It is an open journey, shaped over time.