CASCADIA Atelier

A business systems and digital studio for small businesses

Your business,
working better.

We improve processes, strengthen brands and build useful digital systems for small businesses.

Build a website that helps the right customers take the next step, or modernize the work behind it so information reaches the right person at the right time. The result should save time, make better use of what your business knows, and create an experience that feels clear, considered and genuinely good to use.

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How we work ↗

How we help

Four ways to begin,
matched to the work.

Start with a problem you can already name, a new website, a plan for a larger change, or a connected system ready to be built. We can begin at the front door or follow the work deeper into the business.

Website Health & Enquiry Fix

Repair the website you have.

Find where customers get stuck, make the right repairs, and test the enquiry journey from start to finish.

Better Front Door Website

Build a website around your business.

A new website with clear service pages, useful information and a straightforward way to enquire.

Working Map

Turn a larger need into a clear plan.

Bring the people, processes, information and tools into one client-owned map. Identify what to keep, connect, configure or build, then choose the first change worth proving.

Modernization and Connected Operations

Make the change work in real life.

Connect the agreed systems, reduce repeated work and give people the information they need to act. Build in clear ownership, practical safeguards and support for the people adopting the change.

Modernize with purpose

New tools should change the work, not just the software.

The useful question is not what a new technology can do in general. It is where your business is losing time, clarity or opportunity, and what kind of change would improve that without creating a new burden.

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Find the right opportunity

Start with a real customer or operational problem. Compare the likely value, readiness, cost and risk before choosing a direction.

Design the human part

Decide what the system can handle, where people remain responsible, and how the change should fit the way the team actually works.

Prove it before scaling

Test one bounded improvement with clear measures. Keep it, refine it or stop based on what the work shows.

Connect it to the business

Integrate the useful change with existing records and tools, then provide the guidance and support needed for it to last.

Website Health & Enquiry Fix

Check how customers find you, and what happens next.

We check the path from search and service pages through enquiries, follow-up and reviews, then identify where customers or information get lost.

  • Search and service pages

    Check how your business appears in search, whether visitors reach the right service page, and whether each page gives them a clear next step.

  • Mobile use and clarity

    Check that the page is readable, usable and clear about what you offer, with buttons, forms and key details working properly on a phone.

  • Enquiry follow-up, reviews and ownership

    Check whether enquiries have a clear owner and receive follow-up, whether completed jobs prompt review requests, and whether new reviews receive a timely response.

Ask about a website check

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Explore the possibilities

Explore nine
example businesses.

Look around a few imagined businesses. Try the websites and apps, switch roles and see how their work fits together.

Explore all nine businesses

Understand the work. Build what helps.

How we work
together.

We begin with what is happening in your business, the people involved and the outcome that matters. Then we choose a useful next step, whether that means improving what you have, connecting existing tools, testing a new capability or planning a fuller change.

When would a Working Map help?

For a connected build, the Working Map brings your processes, tools and priorities into a shared plan. It’s yours to keep and use, including with another builder.

$499 CAD. Implementation is quoted separately. If you sign a build agreement within 90 days of receiving the Map, $250 is credited towards build fees, once per business.

Working with Cascadia Atelier ↗

Listen → Plan → Build → Support

Agree on a useful next step. Build and test it with the people who will use it. Leave you ready to use it, with support if you choose.

Look inside the process
  1. Listen

    Understand the work, the people involved and what already helps.

  2. Plan

    Agree on the outcome, what should change, what should stay, and the first useful step to prove.

  3. Build

    Make or connect the right solution, test it with the people using it, and measure whether it improves the work.

  4. Support

    Leave your team ready to use the change, with clear ownership, documentation and ongoing help if you choose.

Team operations · Coming soon

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Schedules, job details
and team updates.

Schedules, job details and team communication in one place. A standard product in development, alongside our custom work.

More about the idea

The concept also includes employee onboarding, training and procedures, with less searching and repeated data entry. Integrations, features, availability, pricing and service terms are not yet confirmed. A monthly subscription is planned.

Explore the current concept ↗
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The studio

Different disciplines.
One accountable person.

Lance, founder of Cascadia Atelier

I’m Lance, the founder. You work with me, supported by specialist disciplines across research, strategy, design, engineering, quality and care. That lets us consider the whole change while keeping one person accountable to you.

Meet the full team ↗
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Research
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Strategy
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Platform Intelligence
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Design
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Engineering
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Quality
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Proposals
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Care

Let’s start with a conversation

Tell us what you want to build, or what you wish worked better.

Send the website you have, name the point where work keeps getting stuck, or tell us what you want customers and your team to experience instead. We will help you find a sensible first move.

Tell Lance what should work better

Your business, working better.

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