The Transformer is a pinnacle among social enterprises. Not only are these social enterprises actively and effectively engaging in a search for opportunities, they are able to manage the dual tasks of the innovation process by seamlessly yet energetically creating value from their networks. They use stakeholder relationships to both identify opportunities and implement social innovation. By combining both sets of innovation tasks, the transformer is able to capitalize upon changes in the environment more easily, being a front-runner in identifying opportunities, as well as developing relationships for skill and knowledge enhancement. Hence, the transformer is likely to have welldeveloped capabilities to connect and promote with a wide range of stakeholders, acting somewhat as a catalyst to generate resources as well as an advocate for unmet social needs. As a transformer, the social enterprise is a dynamo using the power of its stakeholder relationships to create a sense of new energy and urgency around solving social needs in new innovative ways. The Big Issue is an example of how, through social innovation, social enterprises can transform society. Set up in 1991, The Big Issue was offered as an alternative newspaper that enables the homeless to earn an income through buying and selling copies of the paper for a profit. Through additional support from The Big Issue Foundation, sellers can access health care and support, providing a route out of homelessness and back into the community.