Back to All Media The Explorer’s Mindset: What Is It? by Jonathan Rotzien Cindy A. Yeilding coined the term “The Explorer’s Mindset” in her 2002 AAPG Distinguished Lecture. As Mark Shann would say, “You need to call it something to be able to define it,” in his reference to “disruptive discoveries,” like Zama, the discoveries that abruptly change the resource curves in relatively mature basins. So how is “The Explorer’s Mindset” defined? Share Article Cindy A. Yeilding coined the term “The Explorer’s Mindset” in her 2002 AAPG Distinguished Lecture. As Mark Shann would say, “You need to call it something to be able to define it,” in his reference to “disruptive discoveries,” like Zama, the discoveries that abruptly change the resource curves in relatively mature basins. So how is “The Explorer’s Mindset” defined?