What it is
Proa Nova is a brand of digital maps to help you get your bearings when something important changes. The maps are built on published research about how people go through transitions, and they aim at something simple: that you can decide with clarity rather than from anxiety.
Today there is one published territory: career transitions. It includes a free Quick Map, a paid Full Map, a library of short guides and three paid PDF guides for people who support someone through a career change.
What Proa Nova is not
It isn't motivational coaching, therapy, or a mental health service. It's not a personality test, and it's not generic productivity content. A map doesn't tell you what to do, doesn't label you, and doesn't replace the professional you may need.
The problem it tries to solve
There are moments almost all of us live through and almost no one knows how to name well: a job change, a decision with no obvious answer, a tiredness that rest doesn't fix. You feel the weight, but it's hard to put into words. Without words it's hard to get your bearings, and without your bearings it's hard to move.
What you get
A map of what you're going through, so you can decide with more clarity. I don't tell you what to do. I don't put a label on you. I help you get your bearings.
Where we are and where we're going
The maps were designed for important changes in three areas of life: work, family and personal. Today the professional one exists. The others will be published when their research is mature.
How a map is made
I start from published research on how people go through transitions and turn it into recognizable moments, questions and practical orientation. You can read the path in How the maps work, the sources in About the method and specific questions in the FAQ.
Who is behind it
I'm Jorge Valencia. I've been working professionally for more than 22 years. I started as a software developer, then moved into working with teams and, later on, into leading them as an agile coach, which is my profession: I support teams and companies in finding better ways of doing things, with sustainable ways of working.
I've seen a lot of change up close: promotions, role changes, resignations, restructurings and layoffs. In the mentoring I've done as a leader, the same thing kept coming up: people eager to prepare, unsure how to decide whether to move forward and, sometimes, doubting their own abilities. That's where Proa Nova comes from.
Proa Nova is a project of mine. Lemon Squeezy handles the sale as the merchant of record: it charges you, issues the receipt and takes care of the tax on every purchase. If you'd like to write to me, my email is support@proanova.com, and you can also find me on LinkedIn.