Core Competencies · Identification · Component
The candidate list
The things the organisation might be genuinely good at, stated as capabilities rather than as assets or intentions.
The deliverable
What it is
The list is drawn before it is tested, and it should be generous at this stage. Filtering early produces a list of things the organisation already believes about itself.
The most common error is listing assets rather than competencies. A patent is a resource; the ability to produce patentable work repeatedly is a competence.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The candidates
Each proposed competence, phrased as something the organisation can do.
3 attributes: Candidate · Domain · Proposed by
LearnThe level check
Whether the candidate is stated at a usable level of abstraction.
2 attributes: Level · Restated as
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Phrase every candidate as an ability. Anything that only works as a noun belongs in the asset register instead.
The other components in identification
The evidence file
What the organisation has actually done that demonstrates each candidate — outcomes rather than assertions.
LearnThe self-image gap
The distance between what the organisation says it is good at and what the evidence supports.
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