If you can't go through discovery, create a strategy and execute deliverables, you shouldn't be in this business.
So ask yourself…what are we really looking for in a creative partner?
Perhaps someone that is consistently thinking of you and bringing ideas to the table?
Perhaps someone that is a solutions designer and focuses on your bottom line as if it were their own?
At the end of the day it is people working with people creating the desired results.
So perhaps we can discuss things such as: