Inclusive Communication and the TOPOI-model. Beyond intercultural communication and competence: 'Cultures don't meet, people do.' Dr. Edwin Hoffman is an Inclusive communication lecturer, trainer, author, and external lecturer at Abstract In this article, I raise the question of what is meant by intercultural communication and intercultural competence and what kind of application-oriented approach could effectively support people in communicating, interacting, and collaborating with people from different national, ethnic, or religious backgrounds? The starting point of the answer is that…