Credibility Beyond Credentials

Credibility is awarded by the receiver of information, to the communicator.  In other words, a person can’t simply declare they are credible (that would backfire) – in the end, it is up to the recipient to decide. 

An accepted method of ‘declaring’ credibility is through credentials – degrees, awards, titles. 

Training and schooling (i.e., engineering credentials) are important, but with the freeing up of information, with many solutions ‘google-able”, and some credentials easily achieved, credibility is not solely dependent on that credential anymore.  Credibility is agnostic to a role or organisation.  It’s up to individuals to display credibility through actions and behaviour.