Emerging profiles in social innovation research increasingly reflect the dynamic capabilities required to navigate and address complex societal challenges. These capabilities—sensing, seizing, and transforming—capture the essence of how individuals and organisations identify emerging needs, mobilise resources effectively, and implement lasting change. Educators and students are recognising the value of these skills in developing future-ready curricula, while practitioners and policymakers are embedding them into programme design and institutional strategy. From grassroots initiatives to cross-sector collaborations, the ability to sense opportunities for innovation, seize them through agile and inclusive approaches, and transform systems through sustainable impact is becoming central to how social innovation is understood and taught across Europe.