Founders & makers - what skill or competency do you value most in a design service?

Ooph this was a tough one - Hard to decide between: Data driven decision making and strategic input 🤔 Whereas, I feel like the others are a given I would expect from any decent design agency. In the end decided to vote for data driven...

I'm finding alignment is crucial. A company's values/objectives are difficult to capture and having to rework designs takes a lot of valuable time. Aligning these important concepts on the front end of a project removes the headache at end of the project.