[ Credible ]

Determining competence with some certainty, for a task to be done or a role to be filled, is a challenge for all involved. However, there are ways to streamline it, beyond typical competency lists and frameworks.  Though these artefacts certainly do help. 

Credible competence is having relevant knowledge, skills and experience. More tangibly, to me, this means having demonstrable outputs (words and pictures), interactions (having spoken to or otherwise interacted with others), and stories (what other people say about you and the topic).

Competence and credibility are intertwined concepts.  I don’t think you can legitimately have one without the other.