Kumu
@kumu.io
Kumu is a powerful data visualization platform that helps you organize complex information into interactive relationship maps.
Creativity feature:
🪶 French philosophy key concepts : buff.ly/FYhq2Q4
🏢 Birds-eye view of Portland planning: buff.ly/HTHM9OA
🌌 Systems thinkers: buff.ly/7gtSxNq
🍋 Weaving across ingredients & recipes: buff.ly/OmUuu1u
💌 Factors around informal caretaker wellbeing: buff.ly/4uk1OED
#systems
🪶 French philosophy key concepts : buff.ly/FYhq2Q4
🏢 Birds-eye view of Portland planning: buff.ly/HTHM9OA
🌌 Systems thinkers: buff.ly/7gtSxNq
🍋 Weaving across ingredients & recipes: buff.ly/OmUuu1u
💌 Factors around informal caretaker wellbeing: buff.ly/4uk1OED
#systems
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Creativity feature:
🪶 French philosophy key concepts : buff.ly/FYhq2Q4
🏢 Birds-eye view of Portland planning: buff.ly/HTHM9OA
🌌 Systems thinkers: buff.ly/7gtSxNq
🍋 Weaving across ingredients & recipes: buff.ly/OmUuu1u
💌 Factors around informal caretaker wellbeing: buff.ly/4uk1OED
#systems
🪶 French philosophy key concepts : buff.ly/FYhq2Q4
🏢 Birds-eye view of Portland planning: buff.ly/HTHM9OA
🌌 Systems thinkers: buff.ly/7gtSxNq
🍋 Weaving across ingredients & recipes: buff.ly/OmUuu1u
💌 Factors around informal caretaker wellbeing: buff.ly/4uk1OED
#systems
Recent reporting has highlighted “circular” AI financing loops. Nirvaan Ranganathan mapped the bigger picture—capital flows, chip supply, energy systems behind the AI buildout.
Map: buff.ly/CVV1mzD
What’s one part of the AI ecosystem you think is overlooked—but most consequential?
#AIgovernance
Map: buff.ly/CVV1mzD
What’s one part of the AI ecosystem you think is overlooked—but most consequential?
#AIgovernance
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Recent reporting has highlighted “circular” AI financing loops. Nirvaan Ranganathan mapped the bigger picture—capital flows, chip supply, energy systems behind the AI buildout.
Map: buff.ly/CVV1mzD
What’s one part of the AI ecosystem you think is overlooked—but most consequential?
#AIgovernance
Map: buff.ly/CVV1mzD
What’s one part of the AI ecosystem you think is overlooked—but most consequential?
#AIgovernance
Project of the Week: Micelio — mapping UCA’s research as a living network 🌱
At Universidad Centroamericana (El Salvador), Micelio turns open-science into an interactive map linking research lines → projects → publications → people.
Explore: (buff.ly/Eu5aJO4)
#OpenScience #SystemsMapping #Kumu #UCA
At Universidad Centroamericana (El Salvador), Micelio turns open-science into an interactive map linking research lines → projects → publications → people.
Explore: (buff.ly/Eu5aJO4)
#OpenScience #SystemsMapping #Kumu #UCA
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Project of the Week: Micelio — mapping UCA’s research as a living network 🌱
At Universidad Centroamericana (El Salvador), Micelio turns open-science into an interactive map linking research lines → projects → publications → people.
Explore: (buff.ly/Eu5aJO4)
#OpenScience #SystemsMapping #Kumu #UCA
At Universidad Centroamericana (El Salvador), Micelio turns open-science into an interactive map linking research lines → projects → publications → people.
Explore: (buff.ly/Eu5aJO4)
#OpenScience #SystemsMapping #Kumu #UCA
Mapping Serbia’s AI ecosystem with Kumu 🇷🇸✨
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 English: buff.ly/i5u9Fcz
🌐 Serbian: buff.ly/LFePYBK
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 English: buff.ly/i5u9Fcz
🌐 Serbian: buff.ly/LFePYBK
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mapping Serbia’s AI ecosystem with Kumu 🇷🇸✨
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 English: buff.ly/i5u9Fcz
🌐 Serbian: buff.ly/LFePYBK
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 English: buff.ly/i5u9Fcz
🌐 Serbian: buff.ly/LFePYBK
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
Hello, Kumunity! 🌎
It’s United Nations Day — celebrating the UN’s founding in 1945.
We’re proud to see so many UN teams using Kumu to map systems, from stakeholder networks to food systems.
Here’s a great example from Ru’a Al-Abweh (UNDP Jordan) →
buff.ly/ZObmZbQ
#UnitedNationsDay #dataviz
It’s United Nations Day — celebrating the UN’s founding in 1945.
We’re proud to see so many UN teams using Kumu to map systems, from stakeholder networks to food systems.
Here’s a great example from Ru’a Al-Abweh (UNDP Jordan) →
buff.ly/ZObmZbQ
#UnitedNationsDay #dataviz
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Hello, Kumunity! 🌎
It’s United Nations Day — celebrating the UN’s founding in 1945.
We’re proud to see so many UN teams using Kumu to map systems, from stakeholder networks to food systems.
Here’s a great example from Ru’a Al-Abweh (UNDP Jordan) →
buff.ly/ZObmZbQ
#UnitedNationsDay #dataviz
It’s United Nations Day — celebrating the UN’s founding in 1945.
We’re proud to see so many UN teams using Kumu to map systems, from stakeholder networks to food systems.
Here’s a great example from Ru’a Al-Abweh (UNDP Jordan) →
buff.ly/ZObmZbQ
#UnitedNationsDay #dataviz
🌊 Project of the Week: BlueLinked’s systems views of the North Sea — data viz that reveals life below and collaboration above.
🐚Borkumse Stenen: the seabed web of species + habitats. buff.ly/VBtqSSR
🌍Marine Sector NL: the human web restoring them. buff.ly/UFBgfwk
#SystemsThinking #Kumu #BlueEconomy
🐚Borkumse Stenen: the seabed web of species + habitats. buff.ly/VBtqSSR
🌍Marine Sector NL: the human web restoring them. buff.ly/UFBgfwk
#SystemsThinking #Kumu #BlueEconomy
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🌊 Project of the Week: BlueLinked’s systems views of the North Sea — data viz that reveals life below and collaboration above.
🐚Borkumse Stenen: the seabed web of species + habitats. buff.ly/VBtqSSR
🌍Marine Sector NL: the human web restoring them. buff.ly/UFBgfwk
#SystemsThinking #Kumu #BlueEconomy
🐚Borkumse Stenen: the seabed web of species + habitats. buff.ly/VBtqSSR
🌍Marine Sector NL: the human web restoring them. buff.ly/UFBgfwk
#SystemsThinking #Kumu #BlueEconomy
This week’s Project of the Week honors Jane Goodall. We visualized chimpanzee social bonds from a recent study as an interactive Kumu map — a small act of network storytelling made possible by open data.
🔗 buff.ly/37pk3Xq
#JaneGoodall #OpenScience #Chimpanzees #Kumu
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#JaneGoodall #OpenScience #Chimpanzees #Kumu
October 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This week’s Project of the Week honors Jane Goodall. We visualized chimpanzee social bonds from a recent study as an interactive Kumu map — a small act of network storytelling made possible by open data.
🔗 buff.ly/37pk3Xq
#JaneGoodall #OpenScience #Chimpanzees #Kumu
🔗 buff.ly/37pk3Xq
#JaneGoodall #OpenScience #Chimpanzees #Kumu
We visualized every INSNA award recipient since the 1980s — a living catalogue of social network analysis (SNA) scholarship.
Explore the map 👉 buff.ly/Imh7Kpd
#SNA #NetworkScience #DataViz #INSNA #Sunbelt2025
Explore the map 👉 buff.ly/Imh7Kpd
#SNA #NetworkScience #DataViz #INSNA #Sunbelt2025
September 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We visualized every INSNA award recipient since the 1980s — a living catalogue of social network analysis (SNA) scholarship.
Explore the map 👉 buff.ly/Imh7Kpd
#SNA #NetworkScience #DataViz #INSNA #Sunbelt2025
Explore the map 👉 buff.ly/Imh7Kpd
#SNA #NetworkScience #DataViz #INSNA #Sunbelt2025
Project of the Week: A super cool “Guide to Shock Maps in Kumu” shows how to run a Rapid System Assessment — mapping how shocks ripple through a system, using a hypothetical example of COVID-19 restrictions in Karamoja, Uganda.
📄 Guide: buff.ly/vtfk5Gn
➡️ Map: buff.ly/nmWgo07
#Systemsmapping
📄 Guide: buff.ly/vtfk5Gn
➡️ Map: buff.ly/nmWgo07
#Systemsmapping
September 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Project of the Week: A super cool “Guide to Shock Maps in Kumu” shows how to run a Rapid System Assessment — mapping how shocks ripple through a system, using a hypothetical example of COVID-19 restrictions in Karamoja, Uganda.
📄 Guide: buff.ly/vtfk5Gn
➡️ Map: buff.ly/nmWgo07
#Systemsmapping
📄 Guide: buff.ly/vtfk5Gn
➡️ Map: buff.ly/nmWgo07
#Systemsmapping
As #AfricaClimateSummit wraps in Addis, spotlight on the Global Climate Action Ecosystem map — a Kumu-built tool showing how climate actors connect, from AFR100 to Restore Africa.
🔗 buff.ly/wBBGQAF
#ClimateAction #SystemsThinking
🔗 buff.ly/wBBGQAF
#ClimateAction #SystemsThinking
September 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As #AfricaClimateSummit wraps in Addis, spotlight on the Global Climate Action Ecosystem map — a Kumu-built tool showing how climate actors connect, from AFR100 to Restore Africa.
🔗 buff.ly/wBBGQAF
#ClimateAction #SystemsThinking
🔗 buff.ly/wBBGQAF
#ClimateAction #SystemsThinking
On Eid Milad-un-Nabi, a reminder of compassion & community, we’re lifting up global stories told through Kumu — from France to NZ to the US.
See the full post + links on LinkedIn 👉 buff.ly/vWaMA4m
#SystemsChange #SystemsMaps #DataViz #PoweredByKumu
See the full post + links on LinkedIn 👉 buff.ly/vWaMA4m
#SystemsChange #SystemsMaps #DataViz #PoweredByKumu
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
On Eid Milad-un-Nabi, a reminder of compassion & community, we’re lifting up global stories told through Kumu — from France to NZ to the US.
See the full post + links on LinkedIn 👉 buff.ly/vWaMA4m
#SystemsChange #SystemsMaps #DataViz #PoweredByKumu
See the full post + links on LinkedIn 👉 buff.ly/vWaMA4m
#SystemsChange #SystemsMaps #DataViz #PoweredByKumu
Project of the Week: Geoffrey Schwartz’s Kumu map is a systems atlas of thinkers, movements & campaigns experimenting with new models. Not just ties, but links of meaning — tracing pathways of change & showing where alternatives converge.
buff.ly/GpYKOCG
#systemschange #alternativefutures
buff.ly/GpYKOCG
#systemschange #alternativefutures
August 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Project of the Week: Geoffrey Schwartz’s Kumu map is a systems atlas of thinkers, movements & campaigns experimenting with new models. Not just ties, but links of meaning — tracing pathways of change & showing where alternatives converge.
buff.ly/GpYKOCG
#systemschange #alternativefutures
buff.ly/GpYKOCG
#systemschange #alternativefutures
What if the lived experience of an outlier holds the lever for systems change? 💡
In this episode of the In Too Deep Podcast, Jeff Mohr talks with Matt Healey about how interpreting data differently can shift the way we understand systems.
🎧 Listen now on the In Too Deep Podcast: buff.ly/meqA9HJ
In this episode of the In Too Deep Podcast, Jeff Mohr talks with Matt Healey about how interpreting data differently can shift the way we understand systems.
🎧 Listen now on the In Too Deep Podcast: buff.ly/meqA9HJ
August 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
What if the lived experience of an outlier holds the lever for systems change? 💡
In this episode of the In Too Deep Podcast, Jeff Mohr talks with Matt Healey about how interpreting data differently can shift the way we understand systems.
🎧 Listen now on the In Too Deep Podcast: buff.ly/meqA9HJ
In this episode of the In Too Deep Podcast, Jeff Mohr talks with Matt Healey about how interpreting data differently can shift the way we understand systems.
🎧 Listen now on the In Too Deep Podcast: buff.ly/meqA9HJ
Hello, Kumunity! This week’s spotlight is on a Kumu project developed by Marie Axelle-Bord and ADEUS, covering stakeholders in the forest and wood industry across Strasbourg/Alsace and surrounding territories in the Grand Est region of France.
buff.ly/7GxjQuq
#DataViz #Forestry #GrandEst #Alsace
buff.ly/7GxjQuq
#DataViz #Forestry #GrandEst #Alsace
August 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hello, Kumunity! This week’s spotlight is on a Kumu project developed by Marie Axelle-Bord and ADEUS, covering stakeholders in the forest and wood industry across Strasbourg/Alsace and surrounding territories in the Grand Est region of France.
buff.ly/7GxjQuq
#DataViz #Forestry #GrandEst #Alsace
buff.ly/7GxjQuq
#DataViz #Forestry #GrandEst #Alsace
Reposted by Kumu
@kumu.io has been sharing some interesting network analysis work in its LinkedIn posts. I saw this today. www.linkedin.com/posts/kumu_k...
Project of the Week: SOWTH’s Growing Network, Visualized | Kumu posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Project of the Week: SOWTH’s Growing Network, Visualized
Last year, we featured an incredible social network visualization by Abbie Cohen and Yulia Chuvileva PhD, MA, MSc that walked us through the r...
www.linkedin.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@kumu.io has been sharing some interesting network analysis work in its LinkedIn posts. I saw this today. www.linkedin.com/posts/kumu_k...
Reposted by Kumu
I included this graphic in today's #Tutor #Mentor article at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/08/mapp...
It's an example of mapping event participation, using @kumu.io
I found it on LinkedIn.
It's an example of mapping event participation, using @kumu.io
I found it on LinkedIn.
August 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I included this graphic in today's #Tutor #Mentor article at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/08/mapp...
It's an example of mapping event participation, using @kumu.io
I found it on LinkedIn.
It's an example of mapping event participation, using @kumu.io
I found it on LinkedIn.
We’ve spent more than a decade as a fully remote team. Every so often we meet up in person and this year we flew to Canada's beautiful West Coast 🏔️
Check out our latest blog post in which we share our team's reflections on what makes remote work "work" for us!
buff.ly/9JzRSGY
Check out our latest blog post in which we share our team's reflections on what makes remote work "work" for us!
buff.ly/9JzRSGY
On building a remote culture that lasts
Reflections from our latest retreat in Canada
blog.kumu.io
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We’ve spent more than a decade as a fully remote team. Every so often we meet up in person and this year we flew to Canada's beautiful West Coast 🏔️
Check out our latest blog post in which we share our team's reflections on what makes remote work "work" for us!
buff.ly/9JzRSGY
Check out our latest blog post in which we share our team's reflections on what makes remote work "work" for us!
buff.ly/9JzRSGY
This week, we’re showcasing a project by Matt O’Brien that sheds light not on a network, but business operations! He does an excellent job using Kumu to show how strategies, challenges, and capabilities connect to actual business value.
buff.ly/HNJDjAF
#projectmanagement #poweredbykumu
buff.ly/HNJDjAF
#projectmanagement #poweredbykumu
August 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This week, we’re showcasing a project by Matt O’Brien that sheds light not on a network, but business operations! He does an excellent job using Kumu to show how strategies, challenges, and capabilities connect to actual business value.
buff.ly/HNJDjAF
#projectmanagement #poweredbykumu
buff.ly/HNJDjAF
#projectmanagement #poweredbykumu
Project of the Week: SOWTH’s Growing Network
Abbie Cohen & the Project Pollinate team visualized how 1,200+ food actors came together—and wove a stronger southern ag network.
Smart storytelling. Real insight.
buff.ly/CNGe15P
#networkmapping #SOWTH #dataviz
Abbie Cohen & the Project Pollinate team visualized how 1,200+ food actors came together—and wove a stronger southern ag network.
Smart storytelling. Real insight.
buff.ly/CNGe15P
#networkmapping #SOWTH #dataviz
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Project of the Week: SOWTH’s Growing Network
Abbie Cohen & the Project Pollinate team visualized how 1,200+ food actors came together—and wove a stronger southern ag network.
Smart storytelling. Real insight.
buff.ly/CNGe15P
#networkmapping #SOWTH #dataviz
Abbie Cohen & the Project Pollinate team visualized how 1,200+ food actors came together—and wove a stronger southern ag network.
Smart storytelling. Real insight.
buff.ly/CNGe15P
#networkmapping #SOWTH #dataviz
Kumu Project of the Week: a creative map from the Education Finance Network showing who’s doing what (and where) in non-state education. Built by @NatalieDavirro, with helpful filters + a network view for partnerships.
- buff.ly/adxzfwM
- buff.ly/4GdU5de
- buff.ly/adxzfwM
- buff.ly/4GdU5de
July 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Kumu Project of the Week: a creative map from the Education Finance Network showing who’s doing what (and where) in non-state education. Built by @NatalieDavirro, with helpful filters + a network view for partnerships.
- buff.ly/adxzfwM
- buff.ly/4GdU5de
- buff.ly/adxzfwM
- buff.ly/4GdU5de
Mapping Serbia’s AI ecosystem with Kumu 🇷🇸✨
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 buff.ly/LF4BfCw
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 buff.ly/LF4BfCw
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
July 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mapping Serbia’s AI ecosystem with Kumu 🇷🇸✨
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 buff.ly/LF4BfCw
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
Actors, projects & support programs—visually connected.
Explore by sector, region, or role.
Built by UNDP Serbia + collaborators.
🌐 buff.ly/LF4BfCw
#Kumu #AI #Serbia #OpenData #SystemMapping
🎙️ New Podcast Episode 🎙️
What if the real problem isn’t what we think it is? When simple solutions don’t actually move the needle, it’s often a sign we’re treating symptoms, not systems.
Listen in through your favorite podcast platform or read the full transcript on blog.kumu.io !
What if the real problem isn’t what we think it is? When simple solutions don’t actually move the needle, it’s often a sign we’re treating symptoms, not systems.
Listen in through your favorite podcast platform or read the full transcript on blog.kumu.io !
July 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎙️ New Podcast Episode 🎙️
What if the real problem isn’t what we think it is? When simple solutions don’t actually move the needle, it’s often a sign we’re treating symptoms, not systems.
Listen in through your favorite podcast platform or read the full transcript on blog.kumu.io !
What if the real problem isn’t what we think it is? When simple solutions don’t actually move the needle, it’s often a sign we’re treating symptoms, not systems.
Listen in through your favorite podcast platform or read the full transcript on blog.kumu.io !
As the World Heritage Committee wraps in Paris, check out this great example of transparent heritage governance: Azin Saeedi’s Kumu map shows who’s involved in managing Australia’s Victorian Goldfields — from advocacy groups to tourism boards.
buff.ly/dwlzrwK
#PoweredByKumu #StakeholderMapping
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#PoweredByKumu #StakeholderMapping
July 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As the World Heritage Committee wraps in Paris, check out this great example of transparent heritage governance: Azin Saeedi’s Kumu map shows who’s involved in managing Australia’s Victorian Goldfields — from advocacy groups to tourism boards.
buff.ly/dwlzrwK
#PoweredByKumu #StakeholderMapping
buff.ly/dwlzrwK
#PoweredByKumu #StakeholderMapping
Project of the Week
My goodness are we excited to showcase this project with you, it is a class on systems thinking and modeling created by The Sustainability Lab and Conor Meehan, built right in Kumu!
buff.ly/VNHHGtQ
#systemsmapping #systemsthinking #dataviz #poweredbykumu
My goodness are we excited to showcase this project with you, it is a class on systems thinking and modeling created by The Sustainability Lab and Conor Meehan, built right in Kumu!
buff.ly/VNHHGtQ
#systemsmapping #systemsthinking #dataviz #poweredbykumu
July 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Project of the Week
My goodness are we excited to showcase this project with you, it is a class on systems thinking and modeling created by The Sustainability Lab and Conor Meehan, built right in Kumu!
buff.ly/VNHHGtQ
#systemsmapping #systemsthinking #dataviz #poweredbykumu
My goodness are we excited to showcase this project with you, it is a class on systems thinking and modeling created by The Sustainability Lab and Conor Meehan, built right in Kumu!
buff.ly/VNHHGtQ
#systemsmapping #systemsthinking #dataviz #poweredbykumu
Project of the Week!
A systems mapping process of environmental governance in Siak, Indonesia—built w/ LTKL, UNDP, Daemeter & Systems Mapping Academy.
In English/Bahasa Indonesia, talking about river pollution, palm oil, rice policy, logging, governance!
🔗 EN: buff.ly/KrhDV4Y
🔗 ID: buff.ly/dgzPxGz
A systems mapping process of environmental governance in Siak, Indonesia—built w/ LTKL, UNDP, Daemeter & Systems Mapping Academy.
In English/Bahasa Indonesia, talking about river pollution, palm oil, rice policy, logging, governance!
🔗 EN: buff.ly/KrhDV4Y
🔗 ID: buff.ly/dgzPxGz
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Project of the Week!
A systems mapping process of environmental governance in Siak, Indonesia—built w/ LTKL, UNDP, Daemeter & Systems Mapping Academy.
In English/Bahasa Indonesia, talking about river pollution, palm oil, rice policy, logging, governance!
🔗 EN: buff.ly/KrhDV4Y
🔗 ID: buff.ly/dgzPxGz
A systems mapping process of environmental governance in Siak, Indonesia—built w/ LTKL, UNDP, Daemeter & Systems Mapping Academy.
In English/Bahasa Indonesia, talking about river pollution, palm oil, rice policy, logging, governance!
🔗 EN: buff.ly/KrhDV4Y
🔗 ID: buff.ly/dgzPxGz