Concept
Fundamental Peace
The measurable inner ground that leadership and flourishing rest on.
Fundamental Peace is Luis Miguel Gallardo's name for the measurable inner ground — stillness, coherence, presence and equanimity — that both individual flourishing and conscious leadership rest on.
In depth
It is not the absence of conflict, and it is not a mood. Fundamental Peace is a stable baseline of the nervous system and the mind that can be measured (FP20, 20 items, 4 components), trained (through the practices in ICEF and ROUSER), and radiated into relationships and organisations.
Origin: Named by Luis Miguel Gallardo and operationalised as the FP20 scale within the ICEF framework and the World Happiness Foundation research programme.
The four components
Stillness
The capacity to be with what is, without immediately fixing it.
Coherence
Inner alignment between values, thought, feeling and action.
Presence
Availability to this moment, this person, this task.
Equanimity
A steady centre that does not need conditions to hold.
How it connects
Fundamental Peace is the inner ground ICEF measures, ROUSER trains and Happytalism aims to make normal at scale. FP20 is its practical instrument.
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Frequently asked
How is it measured?
Via the FP20, a 20-item, 4-component self-report scale developed by Luis Miguel Gallardo and used across the site and the World Happiness Foundation programmes.
Is it the same as mindfulness?
Mindfulness is one of the practices that trains it. Fundamental Peace is the outcome — a stable ground — not the practice itself.