Ferdinand Brand teaches level 4 Social Work at mboRijnland in Leiden, in Dutch vocational education (mbo, broadly comparable to further education in England). He has a master's degree in Learning & Innovation and works as an expert teacher. He is the author of Denk anders, leer meer (2019) and the renewed English edition, Different thinking, better learning (2026). His book brings together research from psychology, education and neurology with examples from his work with students.