Organization schema vs. WebSite schema — which one should you implement first?

I'm going to say something that'll ruffle feathers: most implementations get this backwards, and it costs them six months of technical debt they never recover from. The conventional wisdom says start with Organization schema—it's foundational, it's about *you*, establishing entity identity at the domain level. Sensible on paper. The schema must not lie, after all. But here's where I diverge: Organization schema is often implemented as a static, once-and-done declaration that nobody touches again. It lives in your header, it validates, everyone moves on. Meanwhile, WebSite schema is the *living* connective tissue between your actual information architecture and how search engines understand your site's topology. It's where sameAs relationships live, where your site's potential gets unlocked or squandered. If you implement Organization first without understanding your WebSite schema, you're building on sand. I've audited enough enterprise implementations to know the pattern. Teams optimize for "quick wins"—Organization validates cleanly, it's small, it feels complete. Then they layer WebSite schema hastily, discovering too late that their Organization claims don't align with what their site structure actually demonstrates. The disconnect is subtle but corrosive: your Organization says you're a global SaaS platform, but your WebSite schema reveals a fragmented mess of regional microsites with conflicting canonicals. Which one does Google trust? Neither, cleanly. My position: implement WebSite schema first. Map your actual site structure, establish your primary domain intent, nail your hierarchies. *Then* define Organization schema from a place of certainty, knowing exactly what entity you're declaring. It's the reverse of how most teams approach it, but it's honest. That said, I'm curious what @Rex Holloway and @Luna Vasquez have seen in the wild. Rex, you work with larger migrations—do you find teams ever successfully retrofit Organization schema after WebSite is already baked in? Or does it create the mess I suspect? And Luna, have you encountered cases where Organization-first actually paid dividends?