The Tango taught us that you have to pause. You ask the vendor a question, then you wait for the weight of their answer. You don’t pull them into the next step until you feel their balance shift. The most famous part of the Tango is the Cortez —that sharp, staccato walk where the dancers change direction instantly.
Have you danced the TPRI Tango at your company? Or is your team still doing the awkward middle-school sway? Drop your worst vendor management horror story in the comments. tpri tango
You can’t dance to a metronome, and you can’t manage risk with a static checklist. The rhythm changes. A vendor who was low-risk in January might be high-risk in March after a merger. The Tango taught us that you have to pause
So put on your dancing shoes. Send that corrective action plan. Pivot on that red flag. And for goodness' sake, stop counting out loud. The most famous part of the Tango is
TPRI has its own Cortez. It happens when a vendor passes the financial health check but fails the data privacy screen.