Creating what I want when I cannot find it

The process safety LinkedIn feed I want. Join me.

How are you staying up to date with what’s happening in the world of process safety? I have my go-to centres / not-for-profit organisations, websites, people, and social media pages, but I know that I am likely still missing out key insights, or not finding out as soon as I would like for the area in which I work.

It feels like I am ‘actively’ stumbling upon knowledge at times. Despite this, I recognise that a significant amount of this fortuitous 'stumbling' occurs as I scroll my LinkedIn feed.

I have not yet cracked the LinkedIn Feed algorithm to get the latest posts from what I want, so I still tend to scroll for awhile through aged and irrelevant content, before directly navigating to a number of the groups, people and companies that I follow. This includes the main global process safety centres, regulators, engineering institutes I am a part of, and their various subgroups.

If you search ‘process safety’ in LinkedIn Groups, you will retrieve about 1,200 results, with approximately 15% of these genuinely linked to process safety or technical safety interests. Membership ranges from >50,000 to 1. ?That is a lot of options containing variable content.

However, this does not assure me that I will see those gold nuggets from individuals, that may or may not be reposted in process safety-related groups that I am a part of. For those, I am relying on the chance sighting of a connection or 'connection of a connections' post or comment, at the time it is sufficiently 'popular' to appear in my feed.

I have also seen a growing trend of people posting aged documents and resources, (I suspect it is to help get views), but process safety good practice continues to evolve, and this becomes distracting clutter in my feed.

When I do see the fraction of the content that I believe my immediate peers need to know about, then I will send it directly to them. No doubt, you do similar.

I can really do with your help.

I want an industry-agnostic group.

I want an engineering discipline-agnostic group.

I want a region-specific group that still looks globally to ensure the best locally.

I want to know what you are stumbling upon.

This is a call to action for those of us in the Oceania region, that are genuinely interested in process safety,

-?regardless of your industry, your engineering core discipline, your memberships and professional affiliations,

-??regardless of whether you dabble or delve deeply into process safety topics.

Opt-in to this new LinkedIn Group that I have created: Oceania Process / Technical Safety Community

I want a LinkedIn group, that I trust will contribute with good intentions, that meaningfully shares process safety knowledge.

Yes, there are already some great groups out there, and I strongly encourage you to still join all those offered by the process safety centres, and by your engineering affiliations, if you have not already.

Yes, there are already quality discussions occurring within forums, outside of LinkedIn, between companies, regulators and individuals. But perhaps shared news on process safety developments from those forums can reach us to with a ‘repost’ click?

I want a group that I know we will post / repost quality content to, with our added deliberate insights on why we should look at that content.

This is a call to use the ‘repost with comment’ action if you come across good process safety content, including:

-????????? releases of new/revised publications, standards or regulations that influence our region

-????????? alerts about process safety incidents, and learnings from them later

-????????? relevant events in our region that advance process safety

-????????? free quality resources of use

-????????? articles that are prompting insightful discussion on current interpretations or expectations within process safety practices

I want a group that I can ask questions of, knowing I may someone in my regional network that I can then have a (private) conversation with about the topic.

I have found over the years that I am often asked knowledge-related questions, and I find myself helping others navigate to what is available to them for reference. The AI tools I have been trying to help me do this for myself are not consistent in trusted content. I need human learned insights.

For example,

-? “Has anyone ever dealt with a study where [issue described in sufficiently generic detail so as not to cause confidentiality conflicts]?

-???“Has anyone located and a quality free resource on [insert topic] that you direct me to / provide me advice on its application?”

So I am going to start a new group. Potentially adding to the clutter, yes... but...

I make these commitments to you:

• I will post / repost a meaningful share at least fortnightly.
• I will initially curate member requests and posts to help establish the tone of the group.
• If the group does not reach 225 members by the end of 2025, I will close it.

So go on, opt-in to this LinkedIn Group:

Oceania Process / Technical Safety Community

And then set notifications once a member.