“In racing, success depends on preparation, reflection, learning, and confidence in executing. You Are Creative will help you leverage creativity to perform better, solve problems more effectively, and stay competitive in your field.”
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In You Are Creative, engineer-turned-surgeon-turned-sculptor Emilio Dilorio, invites readers behind the scenes of his own experiments, detours, and hard-won lessons. The result is a grounded, story-rich guide to creativity as a lived practice that replaces hype with experience and helps you create on purpose—no matter your job title.
At the heart of the book is a practical, five-stage creative process—Preparation, Incubation, Insight, Evaluation, Implementation—to give you the confidence and structure to build things that matter and find more meaning in the making.
Praise
Mario Andretti
World Champion Race Car Driver
“Dr. Emilio DiIorio is a rare kind of leader. His book, You Are Creative lays out a clear, experience-based framework for aligning your talents with service—and creating impact that extends well beyond yourself. I’m all in on every page of this book.”
Tony Iannelli
President & CEO, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
“Emilio DiIorio brings clarity and humanity to the creative process. His 5-part framework—preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation, and implementation—offers a roadmap for how creativity can be practiced. The discipline, self-motivation, and above all, the persistence to make the incredible happen.”
Peter Maier
Fine Artist and Former Senior Exterior Automobile Designer for Cadillac, Pontiac, & Chevrolet Motor Divisions, General Motors Corporation
“Dr. Emilio DiIorio dismantles the myth that creativity is innate, offering actionable steps to foster innovation. Drawing on anecdotes from his own distinguished career and insights from across industries, the book serves as a practical roadmap for anyone ready to cultivate meaningful breakthroughs.”
Jimmy Chang
Chief Investment Officer, Rockefeller Global Family Office
“Emilio Dilorio dismantles the persistent myth of creativity as a sudden epiphany and replaces it with something far more empowering: a practice anyone can cultivate.”
Dr. William B. Crow
Director of Lehigh University Art Galleries, inaugural Educator-in-Charge of Teaching and Learning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Drawing from his remarkable journey through engineering, medicine, entrepreneurship, and the arts, DiIorio offers a compelling five-stage framework that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply human.”
Robert A. Flowers II
PhD, Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Lehigh University
“In racing, success depends on preparation, reflection, learning, and confidence in executing. You Are Creative will help you leverage creativity to perform better, solve problems more effectively, and stay competitive in your field.”
Mario Andretti
World Champion Race Car Driver
“Dr. Emilio DiIorio is a rare kind of leader. His book, You Are Creative lays out a clear, experience-based framework for aligning your talents with service—and creating impact that extends well beyond yourself. I’m all in on every page of this book.”
Tony Iannelli
President & CEO, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
“Emilio DiIorio brings clarity and humanity to the creative process. His 5-part framework—preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation, and implementation—offers a roadmap for how creativity can be practiced. The discipline, self-motivation, and above all, the persistence to make the incredible happen.”
Peter Maier
Fine Artist and Former Senior Exterior Automobile Designer for Cadillac, Pontiac, & Chevrolet Motor Divisions, General Motors Corporation
“Dr. Emilio DiIorio dismantles the myth that creativity is innate, offering actionable steps to foster innovation. Drawing on anecdotes from his own distinguished career and insights from across industries, the book serves as a practical roadmap for anyone ready to cultivate meaningful breakthroughs.”
Jimmy Chang
Chief Investment Officer, Rockefeller Global Family Office
“Emilio Dilorio dismantles the persistent myth of creativity as a sudden epiphany and replaces it with something far more empowering: a practice anyone can cultivate.”
Dr. William B. Crow
Director of Lehigh University Art Galleries, inaugural Educator-in-Charge of Teaching and Learning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Drawing from his remarkable journey through engineering, medicine, entrepreneurship, and the arts, DiIorio offers a compelling five-stage framework that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply human.”
Robert A. Flowers II
PhD, Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Lehigh University
About Emilio DiIorio
Emilio DiIorio is a renowned artist and sculptor, former systems engineer, orthopedic surgeon, and CEO who has studied the science and art of creativity throughout his career.
He has a degree in engineering from New York University and attended NYU’s Stern School of Business. Following business school, DiIorio studied anatomy at the University of Ghent before deciding to study medicine at the University of Antwerp. He completed his medical degree and orthopedic surgery residency at Boston University and the Lahey Clinic. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Over the next four decades, he practiced orthopedic surgery and founded and was CEO of an integrated healthcare delivery network in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. In 2019, he sold the company and continues the practice and study of sculpture, the fine arts, and the creative process, which he has pursued for decades while serving as a physician and entrepreneur. He currently owns and operates Atelier Lucca—sculpture studios, gardens, and a private art gallery in the Lehigh Valley—where he sculpts and works alongside his team and his wife and cofounder, Amanda. He divides his time between homes in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania; and New York City.
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